Re: Optimizing cutting paths, was Traveling Salesman Joke

Hi Mark,
Could you run ACE on the Harley file and let me
know the settings you use. I tried the ACE on the file
and I get large circles coming out of the piece.

Bob

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Mark Fraser <mfraser@h...> wrote:
> I'm pretty impressed by Doug Yeager's ACE converter, now available
for
> free under GPL.
>
> ACE seems to optimize the path quite nicely! I exported a
particularly
> messy dxf file, with no particular orientation of line segments, and
> while
> ACE worked for quite a few minutes creating the code, it did a great
> job of minimizing dead-air. Even finished the cut at a point
nearest
> the
> starting point.
>
> Give it a try, look at all the capabilities (it'll let you
decide
> max 'z' cut,
> and how far above the workpiece to retract for fast moves.
>
> Happy user and customer for both ACE and CNCPro /mark