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mgilley
01-28-2005, 04:07 PM
Can anyone help me with cutting order. When I generate the toolpath for engraving the tool moves back and forth over the sentence instead of starting at the beginning and moving towards the end in an orderly fashion. I tried to select one letter at a time in the order I want to cut, but this doesn't help. I am using 5.0 and trying to V carve.
Thanks,
Mike

jthelen
01-28-2005, 06:20 PM
I find that G-code programs (I use Visual 4 Mill and Rams) usually cut the last thing drawn or modified in DXF file from the CAD program, then move towards the first thing drawn.
Just what I have observed

Mike Windsor
01-28-2005, 10:24 PM
Just create a toolpath for one font at a time in the order that you want to cut them . Use CTRL to highlight all of the toolpaths in the MOPS window , then right click and select "post all " from the list . This will output all of the files into one toolpath .