Nesting and Matt Thickness

[Pacific Aerospace Limited]

Hi,

 

Quick question - we often cut certain plywood parts either in 3mm, 6mm or 9mm ply. They are always nested together.

 

Now, if I set the material thickness after nesting will this work or will it post the code as to the thickness the individual parts are programmed to?

 

I have programmed them individually to 9mm (the thickest) to be safe. Which will be ok even on 3mm matt for most operations - it will just take a little longer as it feeds down to zero where there is no material. But for engraving the part number i want it to machine to a certain depth - so programmed to 9mm it wont go deep enough if the program is used for the thinner material.

 

Any help appreciated.

Nick

[PeterDnz]

Hi Nick,

Notice how any question regarding nesting is completely ignored here. I don't think many guys are using it. We rely on it heavily though, so any discussion on it's performance and functions is welcomed. I'm not sure about your question. I think I would do exactly what you did and maybe just manage the engraver depth within the machine settings.

Pete

[robh]

I'd just drop or raise the engraver in the tool Z offsets accordingly for your different depths.

[Stephen J Van Dyne]

Please clarify what you meant by "I set the material thickness after nesting"? How are you setting the material thickness after nesting? Thanks.