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[Neale]

I'm a Vectric user but have never seen this problem. Any chance of screen shots showing all the configuration parameters when you set up the toolpath?

But the more specialist forums might help, as suggested above.

[petesos]

I'm a Vectric user but have never seen this problem. Any chance of screen shots showing all the configuration parameters when you set up the toolpath?

But the more specialist forums might help, as suggested above.

Hi Neale
All sorted bud
What I was doing is on my old cnc using mac3 I would write a program in vectric and send it to the chinky machine and it would just cut a pocket and that's what I was used to doing, but on this new machine using axyz stuff , I write the program in vectric to do the pocket and now I have to save two toolpaths and what was happening is I was only sending one toolpath and that was the final cutting toolpath not the clearing toolpath, the problem was right in front of me and didn't see it , but all sorted now and I am hanging my head in shame over it ,
Thank for the imput bud
Pete

[Neale]

I can understand the problem - I use both Vcarve (for 2D machining) and Fusion 360 (for more complex "engineering" jobs) and they handle this kind of thing differently so you have to stop and think each time! I have just made a brass plaque - engraved, holes drilled, outside cut and chamfered - which involved 5 different tools. So 5 separate toolpaths as Vcarve can't cope with multiple tools in one gcode file unless it believes the machine has a toolchanger (as far as I can see) where F360 can mix; my machines are set up to pause for a manual tool change so that works for me.

I presume that you are using different tools for roughing and finishing? If you are using the same tool, you should be able to combine them in one file.

But you've found the trick, so it won't happen again! Probably

[petesos]