Hello peeps!
I frequently have this problem. I have to cut like hundreds of little circles using Contour in "half hard" steel. With multiple depths, gradual slope angle and all it's a long run. Many times I leave the machine run and go home.
The next day I usually see a broken .031 ball mill with an incomplete cut done.
What I've done over the years is duplicate the cut, reselect the ones after which the tool broke and run it again.
What I'd like to see is more control over the order the features are cut, like reverse order, random would be good come to think also, start and end selection, or something similar would help. The Drill cycle gives more control but I'd like tons more.
I tried Order By Islands but that didn't do what I expected. I thought it would cut each feature to the first Multiple Depth stepdown, move on to all features, then the next stepdown, etc. I have to experiment to see what it actually does.
ps. Today I had a Christmas Miracle. I came in and both the .062 ball and the .032 ball survived the 13 hour run...go figure.
