View Full Version : Cut start position in 2d cutting?


DennisCNC
03-26-2008, 09:39 PM
Can the lead in location be changed when doing a 2d profile cut? I cut different shapes and would like to have a the bit start in the same location. Now it just starts were ever it feels like.

mc-motorsports
03-27-2008, 05:44 AM
If visual mill is the same as RhinoCam, the start and stop of a closed curve such as a box is where the curve was last joined. For instance, I will draw something, then decide where I want the tool to radius in, cut and exit, then I put two points right next to eachother, split the curve using those two control points and re-join.

chmillman
03-27-2008, 02:39 PM
In Visual Mill the cut always starts at the curve start and travels to the end. Even closed curves have a start and end. In the edit curve toolbar, you will find a button which will allow you to change the location of the curve start/end and another for the direction. --ch

DennisCNC
04-03-2008, 11:33 PM
Thank you both, now I keep things standardized.