router doesn't lift after drill operations

[adamchapman]

Hi,

Whenever I do a drill toolpath followed by a contour, the cutter doesn't lift up before moving to the startpoint of the contour toolpath.

As a result, the cutter tries to move from the bottom of the drilled hole straight over to the startpoint of the next cut, and my material has a massive scar left in it.

What is going wrong? I think I have all the linking parameters set correctly.

[WallyL7]

I'd like to see the program that is posted...and if you can, take a couple of screenshots of your toolpath "linking parameters" (for the drillpath and the contour)

Give us a little something to go on.

[Superman]

What are your Clearance plane" settings ?
for both ops

This is where the tool should return to before and after that op

Does your control use "Drill cycles" ie G81, G73 etc ?
these make the tool have a start point to begin hole making, do the hole, and remove itself from the hole ( before performing the next XY move ), it incorporates an initial level(Clearance), and a retract plane (R).