CabMasterPro User Guide
This creates a BorderArch step, but optionally adds veins to it.
The border arch is set up in precisely the same manner as that of BorderArch.
For the veins, you can anchor them to a reference point, and set to any angle. After specifying a spacing between veins (VeinOffsetClear.X, .Y), you can also stop the veins from getting too close to the border shape by specifying a clearance (VeinOffsetClear.Z).
Typically, the BorderArch shape and the veins will use different tools, and this is easily achieved by making a copy of this step, and suppressing the border in one copy and the veins in the other, using VeinFlagDSL. The Lift flag (VeinFlagDSL.Z) says whether to lift the tool between veins or not - often the vein tool can travel in the groove of the border shape when going between veins to save time.
| SecMin | The X, Y, Z co-ordinates of the min corner of the section which this machining step is inside. |
| SecMax | The X, Y, Z co-ordinates of the max corner of the section which this machining step is inside. |
| JoinMin | The X, Y, Z co-ordinates of the min corner of the section which this machining step is joined to. |
| JoinMax | The X, Y, Z co-ordinates of the max corner of the section which this machining step is joined to. |
| CutSize | X, Y, Z contain the values from this component dimcut1, dimcut2, dimcut3 respectively. |
| FinishedSize | X, Y, Z contain the values from this component dim1, dim2, dim3 respectively. |
| PartID | A name for this step, init as component name, not sent to DXF usually. |
| Layer | The layer name written to the DXF, init as steptype but you should set this to something more meaningful e.g. in EzyNest. In addition, this layer value can be prefixed by + - or ~. The prefix is not sent to the DXF, but is used to indicate notches, where two steps are combined. A + is for combining two steps by adding the paths together. This can extend the outer shape. A - is used for subtracting or creating a notch. And a ~ is for flap donor steps. (See Flaps In Remote Components) |
| Group | The group name written to the DXF. Default value is ungrouped. Different groups will be nested separately, so for example a DXF with some ungrouped machine steps and some steps in group 10 and others in group 20 will nest as three separate parts. |
| ColorIndex | The color used in the DXF (usually unused by Machining but very helpful for viewing). Colors are defined by Voloview DXF viewer. (See also DXF Layer Colours):
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| Min | XY coordinates of lower left corner of a rectangle. |
| Max | XY coordinates of upper right corner of the rectangle. |
| Depth | Depth of the of the cut/drill. |
| Shoulder | Distance top corner dropped below top center. |
| BlendRatio | A number from 0 to 1 setting the shape (ratio of outer radius to inner radius). |
| HasBottomArc | Yes/No to make symmetric arch at bottom. |
| SideShoulders | Left and right flat shoulders of these sizes are included in the shape either side of the central arch. |
| AsymmetricLR |
This gives you two Yes/No flags, which allow you to specify an asymmetric arch dropping on only the left side (when X is Yes) or only the right side (when Y is Yes). If both flags are No then a normal arch step is produced. If both flags are Yes then it defaults to asymmetric Left and ignores the second flag. |
| NestCount | Not available for Vein and Window steps - see Repetitive Machine Steps - Note. |
| NestOffset | Nest inwards by .X cell in width direction, .Y in height |
| VeinFlagDSL | Three yes/no flags. D: Draw veins, S: Suppress main rectangle, L: Lift tool at ends of veins (else zigzag join used). |
| VeinPointAngle | XY: reference point that first vein is on Z: angle of all veins (0=horizontal, 90=vertical). |
| VeinCount | Number of veins either side of main vein (0=none, negative=just one side). |
| VeinOffsetClear | XY: offset from ref point to point on 2nd vein Z: Clearance, suppress veins closer than this to edge |
| RepeatCount | X: Whole machine step is repeated this many times. Y: If this is >1, then do a rectangular array of repeats. |
| RepeatOffset |
XY: Offset vector between copies (for linear repeats). For arrays of repeats, X is the X offset and Y is the Y offset. Example Here is a little example of a BorderDeco step repeated in a 3x2 array:
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| ProfileFolder | Folder for QPFs, default BitmapFolder, can be relative. |
| ProfileName | Name of the profile. The default extension is ".qpf". An array of names is allowed, if defining multiple profile edging. |
| ProfileEdging | Array of edge treatments. See Edge and Pocket Profile Tutorial : Defining a Profile |
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Entry is a yes/no determining whether the area inside the machinestep is to be removed. Applies to contours (closed polylines only). | |
| FeedSpeed | Field not yet implemented. |
| Face | Face=0 normally, other faces used for side boring. 1=Left, 2=Bottom, 3=Right, 4=Top edge. |
| Pitch | Field not yet implemented. |
| EntrySpeed | Field not yet implemented. |
| Offset | Field not yet implemented. |
| OffsetAmount | Field not yet implemented. |
| ToolDiameter | Field not yet implemented. |
| ToolNumber | Field not yet implemented. |
| ToolType | Field not yet implemented. |
| RunField | Field not yet implemented. |
