Working with Layers ?

[grandpa jay]

I have a puzzle that is in three layers. When I use layer two I am not able to hide the toolpaths from layer one. When I get to layer three the view is quite cluttered with all the toolpaths. I am using CamBam 0.9.8 f. Any help will be appreciated.
Thank You
Grandpa Jay

[10bulls]

Layers are a useful way of organising your drawing objects and layers.

Toolpaths however are not controlled by layers.

If your toolpaths are getting a bit cluttered, a useful method is to:
Select the drawing object (this is the very first object at the top of the drawing tree on the left).

Look in the properties grid and the very last property should be:
ToolpathVisibility. Change this to SelectedOnly.

Now CamBam will only display the toolpaths for machining operations you have selected in the drawing tree. If you select the Part object, the toolpaths for all operations in the part are displayed.

I prefer this method and have this set in my default drawing template so all new drawings behave like this.

I hope this helps.

Originally Posted by grandpa jay I have a puzzle that is in three layers. When I use layer two I am not able to hide the toolpaths from layer one. When I get to layer three the view is quite cluttered with all the toolpaths. I am using CamBam 0.9.8 f. Any help will be appreciated. Thank You Grandpa Jay

[grandpa jay]

It looks like both options work very well. If the DXF layers all have the same 0,0 then use the toolpath visibility. If the layers are at differnt locations on the DXF then use the Set machining origin.
Thank you
Grandpa Jay