{"id":1598,"date":"2016-04-12T06:26:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T13:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2016-06-13T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T16:19:34","slug":"quick-tip-know-toolpaths-headed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-know-toolpaths-headed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Do You Know Where Your Toolpaths are Headed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been standing in front of your machine, in the middle of running a program, and then suddenly think &#8220;Wait, is that where that tool should go to\u00a0machine\u00a0that pocket?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CNC Programmers generally don&#8217;t like to take big risks. It&#8217;s hard to add material back to the part after the cut, right? 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