CAM for CNC code for cutting trispokedovetiles (3-spoke dovetailing tiles)

[John S]

Mach 3 can't read the code.

[Peter Dow]

Mach 3 can't read the code.

I edited out the stuff that stuffs Mach3's interpreter

Yes there's text in there which is needed for CNC Simulator Pro, which won't mean anything to a CNC machine and should be edited out.

#region
$Millimeters
$AddEmbeddedRegPart 9
$SetCuttingWidth 1.2
#endregion

But I include it in my webpage code generation in case anyone wants to test the code on CNC Simulator Pro, which is the only place I've been able to test it.

UPDATE: I've updated my webpage to include a yes/no "+ simulator commands" option which if set to "no" will automatically edit out the text intended for CNC Simulator Pro.

[Neale]

Does the package allow for rounding external corners to match the inevitable rounded internal corners?

It all reminds me of this, again based on deformed hexagons but with no symmetry (although in that case the guy took a very roundabout route to generate his gcode). Both designs are necessarily a bit wasteful as you cannot cut the interlocked figures and you just have to try to fit them on the material as best you can. I recreated this latter design from scratch to use for sets of coasters which will then interlock across a table-top. The design in this thread would work quite well for the same kinds of things.