I'm running a test carve of a the eagle file we worked on last week.  I'm using the "pink" foam so I can cut fairly fast.  I noticed that the carve is only cutting in one direction.  I'm attaching a video so you can see what I mean.  It cuts then lifts, returns to the left then cuts left to right again.  It may be that I did not setup the gcode properly but how do I get it to cut in both directions?

Donnie

In the operation you can specify whether it does Conventional/Climb/Mixed.. If you want it to zig-zag and not lift-up between cuts then used Mixed.

EDIT: The setting in the operation says "Dir", as in "Direction". Cuts can come out better/worse depending on the direction the tool is moving when cutting, but in most cases for the parallel/contouring type operations you can just use mixed to get an optimal run time. Happy cutting!

Thanks bud!  I figured it was something I had not setup correctly.

Donnie

When I changed to Mixed direction, I started to get weird results.  First I got a cut path that was one single line going from the bottom left to the top right.  Then I started to get error messages no matter what I chose.  I've attached a screen shot of the the error and I'm going to include the log file.

0.127 
0.133  [ PixelCNC v1.13a - Feb 14 2018 ]
0.154  [ Charles Van Noland - deftware.itch.io/pixelcnc ]
0.163 
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0.313 4 logical cpus detected
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0.336 >> starting thread04...
0.344 >> starting thread05...
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0.357 image...
0.361 >> created mutex #2
0.365 input...
0.369 render...
0.373 vertex size: 26
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0.398 GL_VENDOR: Intel
0.402 GL_VERSION: 3.0.0 - Build 20.19.15.4549
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0.575 view...
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0.592 toolpath...
0.613 cam...
0.617 >> created mutex #3
0.621 project...
0.626 tools to inch defaults
0.630 gui...
0.634 ...program initialized
0.638  ( 452.0mb currently allocated )
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1.063 >> r_modelnew 0
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1.166 >> axis regen 1.000000
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1.180 >> ...done
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9.408 >> downscaling input image... 416x283
9.412 >> copying 4 verts to model buffer
9.418 >> ...done
9.422 >> copying 4 verts to model buffer
9.427 >> ...done
9.528 >> copying 4 verts to model buffer
9.533 >> ...done
9.542 >> copying 4 verts to model buffer
9.546 >> ...done
9.550 >> copying 4 verts to model buffer
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9.565 >> project_setinput done
9.701 >> blending downscaled image...
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9.848 >> dividing up mesh...
10.730 >> setting triangle apex verts...
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10.857 >> r_modelnew 3
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38.453 - - - - - - - - - CAMOP_PARALLEL - - - - - - - - -
38.458 >> convolving input image with tool[1].surface...
38.913 >> ...done (0.28s)
38.924 >> getting corner verts...
38.940 >> downscaling input image... 416x283
39.222 >> blending downscaled image...
39.241 >> img_scalarblend: 1667x1132, 1667x1132, 1.000000x1.000000
39.378 >> dividing up mesh...
39.993 >> setting triangle apex verts...
40.046 mesh_fromimage: created bitree mesh, 528762 nodes (1.123000 elapsed)
40.055 [ ERROR ] con_append: src contour has no polylines!
44.016 >> toolpath_compilepaths: 0 0.100000 all
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44.122 op generate sim image, simimgjob(0)
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44.156 >> cam_rasteroperation: rasterizing 0 paths (0 verts)
44.163 >> ...done
44.167 >> ...rasterization complete
44.172 >> copying 1 verts to model buffer
44.177 >> ...done
44.181 >> convolving toolpath with tool profile...
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44.297 >> ...convolution complete
44.303 >> ...job_projgenopsimimage done
207.558 >> freeing camop[0]
207.571 >> freeing pathmodel[4]
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207.598 - - - - - - - - - CAMOP_PARALLEL - - - - - - - - -
207.608 >> convolving input image with tool[1].surface...
208.085 >> ...done (0.27s)
208.112 >> getting corner verts...
208.117 >> downscaling input image... 416x283
208.388 >> blending downscaled image...
208.406 >> img_scalarblend: 1667x1132, 1667x1132, 1.000000x1.000000
208.534 >> dividing up mesh...
209.155 >> setting triangle apex verts...
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209.234 [ ERROR ] con_append: src contour has no polylines!
222.428 >> toolpath_compilepaths: 0 0.100000 all
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222.516 >> r_modelnew 4
222.521 >> copying 1 verts to model buffer
222.526 >> ...done
222.534 >> copying 1 verts to model buffer
222.544 >> ...done
222.551 created model: 2 draws, 2 verts
222.565 op generate sim image, simimgjob(0)
222.570 >> job_projgenopsimimage begin...
222.579 >> cam_rasteroperation: rasterizing 0 paths (0 verts)
222.594 >> ...rasterization complete
222.601 >> convolving toolpath with tool profile...
222.737 >> ...convolution complete
222.747 >> ...job_projgenopsimimage done

I did some additional testing.  The PCNC seems to start acting flakey whenever I lower the flute diameter to .063 (or below .125).  When I do that with direction "Mixed" I get a toolpath like this screenshot.  If I change it back to :"Conventional" then I get the error message shown in the previous reply.

Hi Donnie, apologies for taking so long getting back to you. I determined that the problem is caused by the origin being set to the bottom left corner with a parallel cut angle of 0 degrees. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll have it fixed in the next version which should be out by the end of the week at the latest.

EDIT: The problem seems to arise specifically if the origin is anywhere below X:50% Y:50%, if it's at 50%,50% or above it still seems to work with 0-deg parallel cutting operation.