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Tapered Parts Cutting wizard: Cutting file creation

Tapered Parts Cutting wizard: Cutting file creation      Pro  version only   

This wizard includes 5 pages:

• Tapered Parts selection and placement - you can select and place here the Tapered Parts in the foam block
• Cutting Path creation - you will create here the cutting path for the 4 axis CNC foam cutting machine
• Optional: Create a Grid cut of multiple instances of selected parts - Here you can create a grid using for each cell the Part(s) you already selected
• Foam block placement and setting - you can place the foam block on the table of the 4 axis CNC foam cutting machine
• Cutting file creation - the last panel, the actual

The following dialog will appear:

Using this panel you can finally create the cutting files for the Tapered Parts 

We are making partnership with Companies supplying good controllers and the related Gcode interpreter for Foam cutting.
You can select one the approved controller/applications then:

Press the 'Create the right Gcode and run the selected application' button to create a special GCode file customized for the selected controller/application and run the application with the right file already loaded

Press the 'Create the right Gcode for the selected application' button to create a special GCode file customized for the selected controller/application

Or:

Pressing  'Create a 4 Axis GCode file' you will see the G-code file creation settings for foam cutting 4 axis CNC dialog where you can customize the GCode sintax. A single file will be created for both carriages.

Pressing  'Create a GMFC 4 Axis .cut file for both carriages' you will see the GMFC .cut file creation  dialog where you can set the right parameters to create a .cut file for GMFC application. A single file will be created for both carriages.

Pressing  'Create a DXF file' will be created a dxf file
You can fine adjust the Cad entities used to render the Cutting path selecting among:

• A single Polyline for the full path
• Multiple Polylines
• Multiple Lines
• Multiple Points
  

Pressing  'Create a DAT file' will be created a dat file.

Pressing  'Create a Hpgl/PLT file' will be created a Hpgl/PLT file. 

DXF, DAT and Hpgl files describe a single carriage path, and Left and right Path will be different as this cut is typically tapered.
So take care to create and use the right and left files. They already have the same number of vertices/points.
Fast movements are rendered as Green, cutting paths as Red

Press the 'Start 3D cutting simulation' button to run the  devFusSim4 application that show a 3D simulation of the cutting Job.

The 'View/Print block size and placement' button will create and open a printable Html file reporting the materail size and placement.

You can save the current Cutting project, and reload it then using the Load a saved cutting project button included in Browse Tapered Parts 

Once you exported the Cutting path you can press the 'Finish' button to close the Wizard