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The document provides instructions for combining drilling, linemarking, and cutting cycles in a CNC code file using a nesting software. It describes how to: 1. Identify profiles like drills, linemarks, and cuts in the CAD drawing file and assign them the correct type. 2. Generate a cutting sequence that processes all drilling before linemarking and cutting. 3. Modify sequence settings like prioritizing drilling and reordering cycles at corners and touches. 4. Adjust the minimum cycle length setting to include drills defined as 5mm circles.

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Markndrill

The document provides instructions for combining drilling, linemarking, and cutting cycles in a CNC code file using a nesting software. It describes how to: 1. Identify profiles like drills, linemarks, and cuts in the CAD drawing file and assign them the correct type. 2. Generate a cutting sequence that processes all drilling before linemarking and cutting. 3. Modify sequence settings like prioritizing drilling and reordering cycles at corners and touches. 4. Adjust the minimum cycle length setting to include drills defined as 5mm circles.

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Date: 01.02.2021

Linemark & Drill – General Procedure

Introduction
There are number of ways to combine drilling, linemarking and cutting cycles in a cnc code file. One such
coding style is shown below using 2 similar nested parts, each of which contains 2 drilled holes, 1
marking line, 1 hole and 1 cover profile. (As indicated in the picture below, drilled holes can also be used
as punchmarks. In general, the software names any machining process that is completed at a single point
as drill and any geometric contour that is drawn on the surface of a nested part as linemark. This
naming convention will be followed in the rest of the document.)

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Drawing
It is necessary to identify each type of profile (drill, linemark, cut) correctly within the part drawing file. You
can do this in many ways (like, keeping the profile in an appropriate layer in a dxf file), as described in the
software manual.

If you are new to the software, use the following method which is supported in our cad module (II-D), after
converting a part drawing in our cad file format (.mdf).

1. Drill
a. Make sure to draw (or, import) a circle of diameter 5 mm around the centre, wherever
you would like to perform drilling operation.
b. Press the ESCAPE key to un-select all the profiles.
c. Select all the drill circles using mouse.
d. Select the menu Modify > Properties.
e. Click on the list appearing near Type and select Drill. (See the picture below.)
f. Close the property window.
2. Linemark
a. Make sure to draw (or, import) an open contour consisting of a series of lines & arcs,
wherever you would like to perform linemarking operation.
b. Press the ESCAPE key to un-select all the profiles.
c. Select all the linemarking contours using mouse.
d. Select the menu Modify > Properties.
e. Click on the list appearing near Type and select Linemark.
f. Close the property window.
3. Cut
a. In general, all the closed contours in the part drawing are automatically identified as
cover and holes. Modify their types, if necessary.
4. Check
a. You can identify each profile type using a separate colour.
b. Also, there is a separate menu for validating the drawing.
c. Check the part drawing and apply necessary corrections, if required.
5. Save
a. Save the modified part drawing in our cad file format (.mdf) using the menu File > Save.
(The software may ask you to specify sequence as well as leadin/leadout while saving
the part drawing file. Ignore by selecting No, in such cases.)

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Sequencing
Nesting module works a bit differently, in this case. Irrespective of the sequence numbers displayed on
the screen, the post-processor attempts to complete all the drilling operations in the entire layout, before
generating codes for any linemarking or cutting process. That is why, it is desirable to generate the
cutting sequence using the following procedure.

1. Generate the cutting sequence automatically, as usual.


2. Specify the process priority using the menu Express > Process Priority, as shown below. This
will sequence all the drilling processes before any linemarking or cutting process.

3. Improve the sequence of linemarks and cutting cycles using following methods. (Note, all the
drilling cycles should remain at the start.)
a. Semi-automatic methods using the following menus.
i. Sequence > Sequence++ > Order cycles @ Corners
ii. Sequence > Sequence++ > Order cycles @ Touch
iii. Sequence > Sequence++ > Order pieces @ Corners
iv. Sequence > Order pieces @ Touch
b. Manual method using the menu Sequence > Manual Sequence.
c. These methods mentioned above are described in a chapter named Sequence in the
manual of the software.
4. At times, it may help to reverse the trace of a linemark using the menu Cut > Reverse Sense.
This is because a linemark is an open contour and its start point may be far away from its end
point, in certain cases.

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Settings
By default, the nesting module ignores all the cycles whose length is shorter than 10 mm. However, we
have defined a drill as a circle with diameter 5 mm and we do not want to ignore that. So, we have to
modify the corresponding option, as described below.

1. Select the menu Tools > Options.


2. Select the tab Toolpath from the top of the window that appears on your screen.
3. Type 1 in front of Minimum length > Cutting Cycle. (See the picture below.)
4. Click on the OK button to close the window.

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