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    (v25) 4th Axis wrapping group TEXT -> machine engraves text over text...

    Been trying to get some text around a cylinder (it's part of a a project I need to be done with..)... epic problem so far... thus I've tried to isolate the 4th Axis engraving operation and just use some scrap to run a few tests...

    here's what the part looks like within bobcad:
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    here's how it looks in the simulation (that's just what it should look like)
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    and here's the real world output (the machine engraves text pieces over itself...) and I don't know WHY.

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    attached is the Post G-Code...


    any input welcome... thanks!
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