Problem- 3D toolpath:planar and clip plane

[jwelin]

My planar toolpaths do not seem to respect the bottom clipping plane. The toolpath goes right down to Z=0, even though I have a clipping plane at Z=0.1". THe Z-level paths respect the clipping plane.
Does anyone have a suggestion?

[Dan B]

I just noticed that if you are using the "contouring" direction it does ignore the bottom clipping plane. Switching to "zig-zag" works (in either direction). I see some other issues with contouring as well. It seems that setting the angle limit doesn't do anything, at least in my test case. An angle from 0° to 90° produces the same results. If 0° machines everything, you would expect 90° to ignore vertical walls.

I will contact Joakim and report this.

Thanks,

Dan

[Dan B]

These issues are now fixed with SR2a.

Dan

[JOM]

The patch release May 08 2010 SR2a is available for download from this link.
http://www.madcamcnc.com/download_patch_release.html

Joakim