pass 1 of however many....

[studysession]

Cool! Thanks!

On the netbook I am using the screen is 10.5 inches which is insanely small but works - It would be nicer to have the tool view bigger.

[Hood]

And if you want a solid line instead of the dots you can choose that option I mentioned above. It can get cluttered though with it but a click in the toolpath window will clear them and shouldnt cause any issues, its usually just rotating or zooming that will.
Hood

[Hood]

Cool! Thanks!

On the netbook I am using the screen is 10.5 inches which is insanely small but works - It would be nicer to have the tool view bigger.

Easy enough to make an additional page in the screenset and have a bigger toolpath
Hood

[Overloaded]

 
I dont have any fancy enclosures or super floods of coolant.
So ... I just look at the part.

[Hood]

I dont have any fancy enclosures or super floods of coolant.
So ... I just look at the part.

Obviously you just do light cuts then, mine is usually under 1m depth of chips
Hood

[Overloaded]

 
I have let them build up a bit, but rarely to 1m.
Most of mine get blown to the floor. When I have to dig a pit to change the part, I clean up a bit.

[BR549]

I just normally look at the Z axis dro to see where it is at(;-) I came from an era that did not even have a display just 3 neon displays XYZ. and before that 3 mechanical dials 1 per axis.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

[studysession]

when VCarve does the code - I do not see how many passes it programs. it just spits out the code and it works.

So knowing where z axis is a good thing but that doesn't tell me what pass of how many it is on.

Thanks!!! Merry Christmas!!

[ger21]

There is no other way other than looking at the code? All MAch3 knows is what line of gcode is currently being executed. It has no concept of "passes"

[studysession]

Thanks!!!