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hcwesterveld
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Tool path for multiple bodies is confusing

I am creating a simple box and want to cut the 4 sides (bodies) out of in piece of wood with multiple depths.
Depending on I-don't-know the tool path deals with each body individual or tries to do them all 4 at the same time, which creates a lot of (unnecessary) movement of the spindle.
So, rather than cutting Side 1 and then Side2 and then side 4, it does one pass on Side1, goes to Side2, back to Side1, next to Side3
How can I enforce that each body is cut out before it moves to the next body?

 

Thanks

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Joshua.Aigen
in reply to: hcwesterveld

@hcwesterveld I'm not exactly sure but are you trying to mill out the sides of a box similar to the image attached?Capture4.JPG

Here what I have done is created a 2D contour around each part by selecting the outside edge of each part separately. Then I am able to control which part is milled first, second, or last by dragging the order of each toolpath labeled in the feature tree.


Joshua Aigen
Workshop Supervisor
Joshua.Aigen
in reply to: hcwesterveld

Incase it is here is the file that I created for reference.


Joshua Aigen
Workshop Supervisor
hcwesterveld
in reply to: hcwesterveld

Yip, Brilliant. Obviously I was making it too complex by trying all the different parameters. I can now select the 4 toolpaths an post process them into one g code (I am learning every day!).
Thank you @Joshua.Aigen