Originally Posted by
kesparate
ok having some trouble uploading so if anyone wold like me to send them the file i will be happy too. i'll try attaching it again later as well<snip>
at this point i'm officially holding my breath and crossing my fingers that i've missed something. any help would be excellent.
You have checked that the normal side of your surface is on the same side as your tool plane right? On something in the micro scale it would be possible to miss it. It kind of sounds like the good surface normal side is correct but the other is flipped. It would cause an over cut of a otherwise clean surface will a well defined toolpath.
In the X versions use the edit menu and select Change Normal. Without clicking on the surface bring your cursor over it so it auto highlights and make sure the arrow points up (Z+). If not then it is trying to cut the wrong side of the surface. You'll probably need to rotate the view some to see the arrow. If you can't see it at all select the wireframe view and again move your cursor over the surface and see if it is pointing down (Z-)
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