I am having trouble with lead in/out, they almost always end up on the piece I am trying to keep instead of the scrap piece. I can’t seam to change that. what am I missing?
Direction of cut matters. IT determines which side of the line the leadin/leadout occurs.
If you simulate the program and see that your lead in is on the wrong side you can change the cutter comp in the programming before you Post it. Or, When you are selecting the geometry select in counter clock wise for inside cutting and clockwise when you are cutting on the out side. So, if you are programming a square or whatever and you want it to be 10" x10" program in a clock wise fashion. If you want to cut a 10" x10" square or circle in a piece of material, program in a counter clockwise fashion. It also helps if you list the program that you are using to program!!
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What program are you using? Fusion or Sheetcam? How to change it will be different depending on which program you use, but the concept is the same. You must use inside offset on the cuts where the waste is inside the cut(holes, cutouts) and outside offset on perimeter cuts, where the waste is outside of the cut. The offset you select in your setup determines which side of the line the lead-in/lead-outs are placed.
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I’m using fusion 360, I changed direction to counter clockwise and switched to inside offsets and lead in/out is still on the side I want to keep
When you are using Fusion check the arrows, if they are inside the piece that you want to keep click on it and it will move to the other side of the line and should not be on the piece that you want to keep. So draw a simple square, do the set up, select the geometry, look at the arrow, if the arrow is on the inside the program will cut on the inside if it is on the out side it will cut on the out side. Imagine that you are the cutter. You are driving along and you are on the left side of the line you would be compensated to the left. If you are on the right side you are compensated to the right. If you remember this it may get easier for you… Good luck, when I started programming about 55 years ago I had some trouble to!!
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That did it! Awesome! I can now relax, thank you so much. I knew there must be a way