0003451: Need method for working on a partial profile.

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003451	Path	Feature	public	2018-05-02 20:09	2019-01-22 03:41

Reporter	sliptonic	Assigned To	sliptonic
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	0.18
Target Version	0.18

Summary	0003451: Need method for working on a partial profile.
Description	A method is needed to be able to remove material from one area of the stock profile without doing a complete profile/contour operation. There are at least two situations requiring this: 1) The user has clamped the part on the table and only wishes to machine a couple faces without profiling the entire part. For example, machining one face of a casting. 2) The profile of the part involves a very deep recess that should be cleared from the outside in rather than with 100% cutter engagement as the cutter plows through and cuts out a chunk of stock. The current workaround is for the user to create a 'helper object'. then creating a job for that object and adding appropriate operations. At a minimum this process could be automated to create the helper object seamlessly in the background and use its shape for the operation.
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FreeCAD Information

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2018-05-02 20:09	sliptonic	New Issue
2018-05-02 20:09	sliptonic	Status	new => assigned
2018-05-02 20:09	sliptonic	Assigned To	=> sliptonic
2019-01-22 03:40	sliptonic	Note Added: 0012480
2019-01-22 03:41	sliptonic	Status	assigned => closed
2019-01-22 03:41	sliptonic	Resolution	open => fixed

sliptonic 2019-01-22 03:40 manager ~0012480	The deburr and engrave operations can now work on open wires. This is not a perfect solution but works well enough for now. Closing this issue and will re-open if specific use cases are presented that aren't served by deburr and engrave.