I have just been trying the Trial version for a couple days and am liking it. Will future releases have a “Double Sided” project option?
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Hi @MarkCNC
I am not entirely certain what you mean, some form of registration marks built in as a feature to flip a project, assuming the top is level?
We welcome suggestions on new features at https://millmage.fider.io/ - we’d suggest you make a post there detailing the feature you wish to see. We use Fider to help us choose which features are most important for us to develop next.
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Hi Mark,
That would be cool…I don’t think anything has been ruled out?
I made some double sided pendants once and the CAM program I used at the time
(RhinoCAM) allowed mulitple machining “setups” with different machining orientations at the same job part. This meant it wasn’t necessary to have a duplicated and flipped part when programming the toolpaths for the other side. The biggest benefit was getting an accurate simulation of a single part as it would machine on both sides.
Or at a simpler level, you may have panels that need for example drill holes on the front and pockets on the back. I can imagine it might be possible to define a pocket operation like normal, but have a way to specify that (for the simulation and gcode) it is actually on the underside of the part so you would need to select also which axis you intend to flip the part over, then wouldn’t it be great if the simulation could display the machining at the other side and the toolpaths be transformed appropriately when output and sent for example to a separate “part-opp-x.gcode” file.
But we might be getting ahead of ourselves! I think the main goal for a while will be to nail the basics!
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