Hello, I am having a problem when cutting a dome or 3d relief. It is adding small lines or ripples (not stepover) perpendicular to the cut direction eg: if rastering in X the lines appear in the Y direction and vise versa, they also appear in offset cut as well.
I have tried differnet computers, different versions of Mach3 and Smooth Stepper plug ins & drivers (last two). Also gcode from Artcam and Aspire in three different output types.
The only conclusion I can come up with is the Smooth Stepper as this hadn"t happened using the printer port. Please let me know if you need anymore info or would like the XML & Gcode files for review.
It's not vibration or chattering, also ran code first at 180ipm then at 120,100,80,60,30ipm all with the same result. It does appear more pronounced the larger the job size. I was testing using an 18 degree dome 4"Y 6"X about .125 high with a .125 ballnose with 6% steppover. Also Tried enabling and disabling CV settings all with the same result.
Thanks Robert
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