[tigran]

Hello everyone!!!
I wonder, how can I cut(with laser) the same contour on the same piece of metal(for example)? Is there an automated option in MACH 3 Mill for doing that, or I have to copy or to run G-code multiple times?
The last isn't so hard, but for every cycle I have to wait untill the tool becomes to zero coordinate and then starts acting!

[tigran]

Well, it seems that I've found the solution of this problem... Its the cut depth, function... I think that I can rule the Z axis by means of cut depth, but here is another problem... When the toll is cutting one cycle, but thats not enough for the depth, it is going back to home position and then returns...
Please if you can, say what I have to do if I don't want the tool going home then returning?

[Andre' B]

Create a second tool path using the same geometry but in the oposite direction, then run the two paths one after the other.

[tigran]

How can I do it with lazy cam??? Could you please describe this process more detailis?

[Andre' B]

I have never used lazy cam but all the cam programs I have use you could just chain select in the oposite direction.