While waiting on my machine, I’ve been playing around with carbide create, inkscape & mach 3 (to run simulations of my projects).
I’ve ran into an odd issue with carbide create g-code, after I’ve designed the item say a rectangle with a few angles & rounded corners, I generate the g-code & open it in mach 3 to run the simulation.
When it starts, the milling starts at the first line I created, then goes back to the start, drops down to the 2nd step depth & cuts again until it’s cut to the full depth, then it goes on to the next part of the design like a curve & does the same thing.
I know the cutout should drop down to the 1st depth & cut all around the project, then start at the beginning, drop down & so on.
Not sure what’s making the milling operation do this.
Could my design be bad?
All the vectors are connected & grouped together before creating the tool paths.
Is there a better way to design objects other than making each individual line, curve, etc?
Does the post processor have any affect? I think I’ve tried basic g-code & grbl.
Still figuring my way around the software, so don’t dump on me too bad lol
You might want to use the camotics simulator ( https://camotics.org/) as it is closer to what the OF controller will use and Mach 3 is not usable by OF without replacing the controller.
I’m just learning too, but I seem to recall that some CAM software have an option to go depth first vs what you are expecting. Maybe there is a checkbox somewhere to simple deselect. Better yet, maybe someone on here will know vs guess 
From what I’ve seen here, you won’t need to worry about folks being harsh with you.
Thanks, I’ll check out camotics.
I’m just using mach 3 to run simulations to check my progress on my cad skills lol.
After a couple hours of tinkering around, I was able to design the part by making a larger rectangle & editing nodes to get to the shape I wanted, but I know there’s a better & faster way to get where I want to go.