Jay
The G-code you posted is similar to mine. I have reduced mine to 1 pass around, not two. I don't think it is necessary for most circuits and doubles the milling time.
Answers:
- Latest version of eagle, downloaded and installed last night.
- Same with PCB-Gcode.
- I have an 1/8 inch Carbide Half Round I have been using. The tip is pretty sharp, probably around .01".
- Yes Mach, newest lockdown version.
Responses:
- 16 mil is the default. I am not planning to mill these boards as is. I just copied a circuit I have recently used to learn the software.
- Agreed.
- John, the author of PCB-Gcode, recommends using a mill line the same thickness as your cutter (1/8 EM for me). PCB-Gcode doesn't yet support offsets for different size milling cutters so if you make that line the same width as your cutter, you can visualize where it is going to cut and avoid trimming off any parts not meant to be trimmed. I have looked at this in the gcode and it appears the toolpath follows the centerline of the mill line.
- Agreed, I always did that when doing this manually, as well as making all corners 45 degrees at most but the autorouter doesn't do it for some reason? Maybe I don't have it setup correctly?
- Not really important for this particular circuit but definitely for best practices.
Do you know how to optimize the autorouter? I would like it to do some of the things mentioned above automatically, if possible.
Thanks for your time
Matt