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flaplante edited this page Jan 15, 2019 · 8 revisions

The Flatten tool generates a pocketing region using a different approach:

bCNC Plugins Flatten 1

  • X-start & Y-start are relative to your WCS

  • Width is the X dimension of the area to be flattened

  • Height is the Y dimension of the area to be flattened

  • Depth is the Z dimension to be flattened (must be negative)

  • Raster Border will cause a new cut around the perimeter of the area to be flattened that is aproximately half the width of the cutting tool

  • Pocket Type may be either:

    • Raster : create a Zig-Zag path from a corner to the opposite
    • Offset : create a series of bigger rectangles starting from the center
  • Depth target is reached in multiple steps with step size as defined in the Stock material from material database .

Note: The path tries to maintain the desired Stepover % as defined in the EndMill

When all parameters are set, click the FLATTEN button to create appropriate gcode in the editor.

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