Laminated cut

You can get this dialog box pressing the 'Cut laminated parts' link located in the Startup dialog

Here you can cut Laminated Parts from scratch. If you press 'Cut laminated parts' link the following dialog will appear:

You can specify here if you want to apply the kerf, to get parts permorming exactly th Thickness you set.

You specify how far from the coordinates origin you wan to place the bottom-left corner of the Foam Block

You can specify if the hot wire at the beginning of the cutting job will be placed at the Left or right side of the Foam block.
You can also force the hot wire to come back following a safe path to the original side, when the cutting job is finished.

Refer to this frame if you are going to cut Horizontal laminated parts.
Apply Horizontal cuts: you can enable or not the horizontal cutting
Parts thickness: value = the final thickness of the horizontal parts
Limits the Cuts to only value. If you apply this you will limit the max number of parts to cut. If not enabled all the height of the Foam block will be used
Cut away First, thickness = value. If the roof of the Foam Block is rough, you can cut away the first part using a different thickness.
Safe distance from ground: value. You can specify this value to avoid the hot wire will go too near the cutting table
Apply Horizontal cuts as first. If you apply both Horizontal and Vertical cuts, this cutting series will be applied as first.

Refer to this frame if you are going to cut Vertical laminated parts.
Apply Vertical cuts: you can enable or not the vertical cutting
Parts thickness: value = the final thickness of the vertical parts
Limits the Cuts to only value. If you apply this you will limit the max number of parts to cut. If not enabled all the lenght of the Foam block will be used
Cut away First, thickness = value. If the side of the Foam Block is rough, you can cut away the first part using a different thickness.
Safe distance from ground: value. You can specify this value to avoid the hot wire will go too near the cutting table
Apply Vertical cuts as first. If you apply both Horizontal and Vertical cuts, this cutting series will be applied as first.
Avoid X movements inside Foam block. Enabling this option the hot wire will go down and up for each cut, avoiding to move inside the foam block after a part is cut

Safe distance from block sides: value. The safe distance from the Foam block sides applied for out of Foam fast movements

In the bottom part you can see some buttons, to create, customize and export the cutting Path:

Create cut Path - this is the main button, as creating the Cutting path is the first operation to do. Click the button and the Cutting path will created automatically. You can then modify the entry/exit points by enabling the Edit mode checkbox and dragging the blue control points

3D Preview of the cutting - clicking this button you can see a 3D preview the cutting job. You can customize the preview using the Customize 3D Preview button

Customize GCode or other Cutting Properties... - clicking this button you can see a popup menu wher you can:

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 'Run the selected app. ->' 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 ->' button to create a special GCode file customized for the selected controller/application

Create GCode or other Cutting file formats...- clicking this button you can see a popup menu wher you can:

Export Path to 2 Axis Gcode - if you are driving your foam cutting machine as a simple 2 axis, this is the button to create the GCode. You can customize the GCode using the Customize 2 Axis Gcode button
Export Path to 4 Axis Gcode - if you are driving your foam cutting machine as a 4 axis, this is the button to create the GCode. You can customize the GCode using the Customize 4 Axis Gcode button
Export Path to DXF - DXF files are a standard in Cad applications. You can customize the DXF using the Customize DXF button
Export Path to DAT - DAT files are used to describe a single polyline, some CNC driving software likes to import them
Export Path to Hpgl/Plt - Hpgl/Plt files are used to describe the plotting of a drawing, some CNC driving softare likes to import them. Only simple command like SP, PU, PD are used here.
Export Path to GMFC script .CUT file - if you use GMFC to drive your CNC, you can create a .CUT file and import it in GMFC as a Script file. When you click this button you will be prompted for some parameters in the GMFC .cut file creation dialog

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