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G-Code, CAD, and CAM => LazyCam (Beta) => Topic started by: cgallery on December 14, 2014, 01:01:19 AM

Title: Outside offset rounds the corners?
Post by: cgallery on December 14, 2014, 01:01:19 AM
I did some googling but didn't really find an answer, but did I find the reason in the manual.

When I do an inside offset, I see sharp corners in the drawing and I know I'll get rounded corners because the big is round.

However, I do an outside offset, I actually see rounded corners in the drawing, and no way to get rid of them?  You can cut a sharp corner with a round router bit so I don't know why LazyCam would be making rounded corners.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Outside offset rounds the corners?
Post by: RICH on December 14, 2014, 08:04:58 AM
You are seeing the created toolpath for the outside offset.
See attached pic.
RICH
Title: Re: Outside offset rounds the corners?
Post by: ger21 on December 14, 2014, 08:36:34 AM
It's preferable for the toolpath to travel along an arc when cutting outside corners. It keeps the tool in motion while cutting the corner, rather than stopping to change directions.
Title: Re: Outside offset rounds the corners?
Post by: cgallery on December 14, 2014, 09:40:14 AM
Thank you gentlemen.

I still haven't purchased a copy of Pro yet but I've been playing with the demo features and didn't understand what was going on.