Step Over Reletive to Tool Diameter?

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In any case - Thank you for your work to allow me to have a CAM program!

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Any Pocket Operation

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

  Step Over works as expected, but wondered if the Step Over value should/could be expressed as a percentage of the then-selected tool diameter for the current Pocket Operation.

  If I previously ran a pocket operation using a 3mm tool and want 50% step over, I enter 1.5 for the step over value. If my next pocket operation uses a 12mm tool and I want 50% step over again, I need to enter 6. If the value was expecting a percentage, the Step Over value would have 50 entered and would automatically step over 6mm on a 12mm tool or step over 10mm with a 20mm tool.

  Just a thought. Again - Thanks!
Paul

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ar.n9...@gmail.com on 10 Feb 2011 at 3:06

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I can see how this could save time. I always use 50%, so I would never need to 
enter stepover again, if I changed this value to be a percentage.

Original comment by danhe...@gmail.com on 10 Feb 2011 at 3:48

• Changed state: Accepted

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Making it default to that is fine, but don't remove the ability to change it to 
some other value. 

Original comment by ddfalck2...@yahoo.com on 10 Feb 2011 at 9:55

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  I don't know about default. I like that it holds the last value entered (which can be changed at any time). I just wondered if the number entered could be expressed as a percentage of the tool that is selected at that time. Maybe the next operation the tool should move over 9mm each time while using a 12mm tool. 75 would then be entered for Step Over, not 9.

  And I didn't mean for this issue to be labeled as a defect, but I didn't see how to change it.

Original comment by ar.n9...@gmail.com on 10 Feb 2011 at 11:38

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I suggest having two linked value-boxes.  One in % of tool and one in actual 
width.
Then add a option to allow user to select which behaviour is preferred.  By % 
or by val.

If by % is selected:
When changing tool the %step over is used to update the step over based on tool 
width. This leads to consistant behaviour as changing back to the old tool 
would result in change back to same step over as before.

If by val is selected:
When changing tool the step over is used to update %step over based on tool 
width. This leads to consistant behaviour as changing back to the old tool 
would result in change back to same %step over as before.

-Changing the %step over would update the step over based on the tool.
-Changing the step over width would update %step over, again based on tool.

Not too complex, and everybodys happy :)

Original comment by tha_krea...@hotmail.com on 14 Feb 2011 at 10:55