Template:Path Tools

Project Setup tools
These tools are used to set a CNC project and define your tooltable.


 * [[Image:Path_Job.png|32px]] Job: Creates a new CNC job
 * [[Image:Path_EditToolsTable.png|32px]] Edit Tools Table: Edits the tooltable of a project
 * [[Image:Path_PostProcess.png|32px]] Post Process: Exports a project to G-code
 * [[Image:Path_Inspect.png|32px]] Inspect G-code: Shows the G-code contents of a path

Partial Commands
These tools perform a simple operation or command, meant to be inserted into a compound.


 * [[Image:Path_SelectionPlane.png|32px]] Selection Plane: Changes the working plane of the machine
 * [[Image:Path_Fixture.png|32px]] Fixture: Changes the fixture position
 * [[Image:Path_ToolNumberToLoad.png|32px]] Tool Number to Load: Changes the tool number
 * [[Image:Path_ToolLenthOffset.png|32px]] Tool Lenth Offset: Changes the offset of the current tool
 * [[Image:Path_Comment.png|32px]] Comment: Inserts a comment
 * [[Image:Path_Stop.png|32px]] Stop: Inserts a full stop of the machine
 * [[Image:Path_FaceProfile.png|32px]] Face Profile: Performs a simple loop around a selected face
 * [[Image:Path_FacePocket.png|32px]] Face Pocket: Performs a flat pocketing inside a selected face or edges loop
 * [[Image:Path_Custom.png|32px]] Custom: Inserts custom G-code
 * [[Image:Path_GcodeFromShape.png|32px]] Gcode From a Shape: Creates a path object from a selected Part object

New Operations
These tools perform complex operations


 * [[Image:Path_Profile.png|32px]] Profile: Creates a full profiling of an object starting from a face
 * [[Image:Path_Curve.png|32px]] Curve: Performs a profiling operation using the kurve/libarea module
 * [[Image:Path_Pocket.png|32px]] Pocket: Performs a full pocketing operation
 * [[Image:Path_Drilling.png|32px]] Drilling: Performs a drilling cycle

Path Modification
These tools create additional features from existing paths


 * [[Image:Path_Copy.png|32px]] Copy: Copies a selected path object
 * [[Image:Path_Compound.png|32px]] Compound: Creates a compound from selected paths
 * [[Image:Path_Dressup.png|32px]] Dress-up: Adds a modification to a certain position in a selected path
 * [[Image:Path_Hop.png|32px]] Hop: Creates a "hop" movement by raising the tool vertically before translating it horizontally
 * [[Image:Path_Array.png|32px]] Array: Creates an array by duplicating a selected path
 * [[Image:Path_SimpleCopy.png|32px]] Simple Copy: Creates a non-parametric copy of a selected path object