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edge starting a part.

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:21 am
by moose4621
I am sure this has been covered somewhere but the answer eludes me.

If I want to plasma cut a square for example from material that is too thick to pierce but not too thick to edge start, how can I configure sheetcam to not cut the edges which align with the edge of the material?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

Re: edge starting a part.

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:25 pm
by SeanP
These are the two ways I would edge start, I'm not keen on starting from the edge of plate as you tend to get movement from the skeleton expanding.
It's worth drilling holes I think if you only have a few, doesn't take that long with hand drill.


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Re: edge starting a part.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:23 am
by moose4621
Thanks for the response but not quite what I had in mind. I take your point though.

I'll try again.
Lets say I have a piece of 200mm wide flat bar which is coincidentally the same width of the part I wish to cut. So all I need to do is cut the ends.
How can I remove the 2 sides from the cut list without doing a new drawing?

Re: edge starting a part.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:18 pm
by Les Newell
I am afraid SheetCam doesn't let you do that. You need to modify the drawing.

Re: edge starting a part.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:04 pm
by moose4621
OK Thanks Les.