Toni Ciuraneta
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At the risk of this post being a rant I can't but complain about the "Step over" setting in the tool database. Not being english my mother tongue, and despite having a good command of it, I had problems understanding the step over setting.
To me, as a foreigner who speaks english step over and overlap are almost synonyms in this case. But It has taken me a while to really understand that the step over setting, controls the displacement of the milling bit to the side, not the resulting overlap.
I believe that it would be more intuitive if the user would decide how much overlap wants on each pass rather than having to calculate the difference between the bit diameter and the step over setting. Moreover, when just next to it Vcarve calculates the % of that value vs the bit diameter which again is not the resulting overlap unless I have misunderstood the whole thing. So, the lower the step over value is the bigger the overlap is.
I include a schema and I would appreciate any of the more experienced members in CNC what they think o correct me if I am wrong.
Re-reading this I realise it is a rant, or I am getting old for certain things probably both...

To me, as a foreigner who speaks english step over and overlap are almost synonyms in this case. But It has taken me a while to really understand that the step over setting, controls the displacement of the milling bit to the side, not the resulting overlap.
I believe that it would be more intuitive if the user would decide how much overlap wants on each pass rather than having to calculate the difference between the bit diameter and the step over setting. Moreover, when just next to it Vcarve calculates the % of that value vs the bit diameter which again is not the resulting overlap unless I have misunderstood the whole thing. So, the lower the step over value is the bigger the overlap is.
I include a schema and I would appreciate any of the more experienced members in CNC what they think o correct me if I am wrong.
Re-reading this I realise it is a rant, or I am getting old for certain things probably both...
