Spiral following an outline inside a closed curve
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 From:  sunspeed
12030.13 In reply to 12030.6 
Hi Michael,

I think the OffsetMultiStep script was the script I had in mind, reading about it more than 10 years ago. But I thought that this one would create a spiral...

But I tested the script and it is helping a lot to create a bunch of curves, especially when the number of curves gets double-digit or more.

I attached an example of a non-standard outline created with the Freeform tool.

BR
Joerg

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 From:  sunspeed
12030.14 In reply to 12030.11 
Hi BurrMan,

using a CAM software is a good idea if the software is able to create a bare spiral. I followed your proposal and tested different toolpaths created by different milling strategies. The best result is attached (blue lines). But the CAM software is not creating a spiral and is automatically doing S-linking between the different offset lines. There is no option to get the CAM not doing that.

BR, Joerg
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 From:  BurrMan
12030.15 In reply to 12030.14 
you'll need to be able to do some type of spiral pocketing. I think my software has it. I'll have to go crank it up and look in a few.

The ai is tricky to prompt to get results. Because it is actually a "Morph Spiral". Not just a standard pocket or boundary pocket

Here is me attempting to get results with your file

Started with to proper path

then tried to get more "revolutions"

Finally made it all the way to center with revolutions and lost ability to control step

Its getting complex








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