This one has me stumped. I have Artcam 8 (not Artcam 2008). The problem is every time I make a pocket, I am getting a shallow outline around the pocket. I'm sure that this is because Z zero is not dead on, BUT it looks like the tool path that Artcam is generating is calling for many unnecessary steps. I have attached a couple of screenshots of a very simple tool path to illustrate the issue. Bit diameter is .5 in, step over is .25 in. The tool path screenshot has lines that look redundant high lighted in yellow and lines I think I need highlighted in blue. I am running Artcam in Windows 7 in XP compatibility mode. Any help, ideas, suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Thanks,
Bill