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Advanced Path settings dialog
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Advanced Path settings dialog

Using this window you can specify some advanced settings for the creation of the final cutting jobs.

You can access this dialog:

• Clicking the 'Customize GCode or other Cutting Properties...' button located in Simple cutting,  Advanced cutting, Cut Laminated Parts, Cut Along Vector  and Cutting Tapered Parts wizard dialogs
• Using the popup menu of the 'Setting' link of the Startup dialog. 

Home at Path start:

You can specify here if you want to add a Home move of the hot wire at the beginning of the cutting job. And of course you can specify the Home coordinates. In this case it's up to you to check that this move won't interfere with the Foam Block.

Home at Path end:

You can specify here if you want to add a Home move of the hot wire at the end of the cutting job. And of course you can specify the Home coordinates. In this case it's up to you to check that this move won't interfere with the Foam Block.

Coordinate transformation: 

This option is for advanced users trying to do strange things... :-)

You can specify here a multiplicative k coefficient and a offset that will be applied to the Path Coordinates when exportin to the final cutting job.
As first will be applied k, then o.
For example:
ExportedX = kx X + ox
ExportedY = ky Y + oy

You can use this for example:

• to export to different coordinate units (use kx and ky)
• to export the path with a different origin (use ox and oy)
• to revert an axes (apply for example kx = -1 to revert the A axes)
  

Apply as default settings - you can see this check box if you are customizing a single cut of one of these types: Simple cutting,  Advanced cutting, Cut Laminated Parts, Cut Along Vector  and Cutting Tapered Parts wizard dialogs.
If you enable this option, these setting wil be also used as Default settings for new cuts.

Pressing the Reset default value button will set again the standard values

You can then press:

• OK to apply the current setting and close the window
• Cancel to exit ignoring the action

I suggest also to take a look at this page, to better understand some important concepts of devFoam: DevFoam FAQ and important concepts