07-15-2019, 11:31 PM
Hi Albert,
Thank you! The new version of the program fixed the issue with drilling. The PRM plugin also appears to be working now.
A few follow up questions about automatic collision checking: I tried running it with just the two bodies that have been colliding in my tool path (thanks - that sped things up a lot!), and it wasn't able to find a path with no collisions for which all points were reachable (I allowed a tool Z rotation of +/-180 degrees in 10 degree increments). However, when I manually adjust the tool orientation for certain commands using a relative tool shift of +/-90 deg, I can create a path that works. Is there somewhere I can learn more about how the automatic collision checking works and see why it isn't identifying that path? For instance, does it need to generate a collision free map, similar to the PRM plugin, before calculating the path, or does it iterate through various tool paths until it finds one with no collisions? Is there a point at which it times out?
Thanks again for your quick response!
Thank you! The new version of the program fixed the issue with drilling. The PRM plugin also appears to be working now.
A few follow up questions about automatic collision checking: I tried running it with just the two bodies that have been colliding in my tool path (thanks - that sped things up a lot!), and it wasn't able to find a path with no collisions for which all points were reachable (I allowed a tool Z rotation of +/-180 degrees in 10 degree increments). However, when I manually adjust the tool orientation for certain commands using a relative tool shift of +/-90 deg, I can create a path that works. Is there somewhere I can learn more about how the automatic collision checking works and see why it isn't identifying that path? For instance, does it need to generate a collision free map, similar to the PRM plugin, before calculating the path, or does it iterate through various tool paths until it finds one with no collisions? Is there a point at which it times out?
Thanks again for your quick response!