Inserting non-cutting NC Moves driven by sketches

[Jonathan_Kolodner]

While there is the ability to insert Manual NC lines in CAM setups, it would be helpful for people without a CAM background to be able to use sketches/3d sketches to create move paths to help ensure proper clearance moves around fixturing constraints, rather than just using a "clearance plane" which may not be adequate to define the work area restrictions.

It'd be handy to have the option to "move tool along contour" but without the spindle running, and also to insert pauses and such for adjusting fixtures or loading/unloading them in a safe way, without having to look up the G-code to do it.

[Jonathan_Kolodner]

Also, after further experimentation with trying some of the Manual NC code options, it would seem that they're not supported by certain post processors and that may be as much the issue as anything else here.

I discovered this when I got a ZZZ.nc.FAILED file after attempting to post, but it didn't throw any warnings or errors on the output, so that'd be helpful to at least know more about what exactly caused the failure and how to fix it, rather than getting up from Fusion and going downstairs and out to the shop to fire up the CNC machine (which has a separate computer running it) only to discover the .nc file I just thought I had posted, had in fact not posted correctly.

[al.whatmough]

We are dicussing how to best handle "Rapid Positions"  We will take this into concideration for our discussions.