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#Sheetcam drag knife plugin code
I am also looking at generating code for a drag knife tool One thing I know for sure is that plasma code cannot be generated with optimization active as the optimization will prevent it starting at the end of the line if some middle segment is closer to the last cut point. When doing it automatically, where does one start? How long must it be? Easy enough to draw in the lead-in/out lines like this, but automatic would be nice. When I do that I get no Gcode generated (because outside cuts want to be closed faces), how do you do it? I can do it if I draw the cutline and set it as a centerline cut. Looking at your drawing you have an outside cut with extra lines. This makes getting it working for everyone quite a problem, especially since I do not have a plasma cutter myself to experiment with.Ī similar difficulty is generating the lead-in and lead-out paths.
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I have plasma cutting on my list of things to do in Sketchucam.Ī great difficulty is that not all plasma machines operate the same way, yours has Z motion, but some do not, some need a 'torch on' code, others do not. (Retract feed rate NOT limited to plunge feed rate) I have to trace the route SheetCam plasma cutting (I'm happy with it), but I believe the SketchUcam with sketchup would be a wonderful tool for this service adicionat to the waiting time but this is very laborious to do manually when there is many cuts to make. I manually edit Gcode in notepad to get the coordinates of the beginning and put G4 P. Is also necessary to pause at the beginning of the cut motion in XY, for piercing the plate In plasma cutting, it is necessary to start cutting away part of the tool path at the beginning because the cut is necessary to drill the plate, the hole is irregular and deformed