Sequence

Laser Sequence

Laser Processing Sequence – Use this to define the laser processing sequence, this is useful if you have any piercing or marking that needs to be processed first.

• Standard – No specific order is enforced between marking and cutting.
• Mark Cut – Does all marking first and then cutting
• Pierce Cut – Splits all laser tooling into piercing operation and then cutting operation. All pieces are done first followed by cut/mark operations
• Mark Pierce Cut – Like above but all markings are finished first.
• Pierce Mark Cut – Like the third option but between cut & mark, marking is done first.

Laser Sequence -This drop-down gives options to choose the laser sequence.

• Partwise – If this choice is selected, sequencing is done partwise. Once operations on a part start, it will proceed to another part only after all operations on that part are finished. It is not necessary that the sequence within each part is the same across all its instances on the layout. Depending on where the machine head is coming from and where it needs to go next, the order within a part could vary across instances of the same part.
• Partwise Native – If this option is selected, sequencing is done partwise. Once operations on a part start, it will proceed to another part only after all operations on that part are finished. The sequence within a part and all its instances will be the same as the part native tooling.
• Inner First – All tooling on inner contours is sequenced first followed by the outer contours.
• Sort by contour size – All tooling on inner contours is processed before outer contours and will be sorted based on contour size.

Do pre-pierce part-by-part – Pierce operations will be done partwise. Once all the piercing is done on a part, it will finish the cut before proceeding to the next part.

Route Traverse

Move pierce points to reduce traverse– This checkbox is to choose a different approach point location to reduce traverse distance.
Move pierce points to prevent tilting – This checkbox is to choose a different approach point location to avoid tipping the cut-outs.
Microjoint nested holes if tilting/falling through – This checkbox is to microjoint a contour with parts nested inside of them only if the contour is evaluated as a fall through or being tilted.
Ignore holes smaller than this – Holes smaller than the given value are considered not big enough for the height sensor to dive the machine head into it and hence ignored.
Minimum cutting head height when traversing – Minimum head distance from the sheet when doing head-up traversal.
Max. head-down traverse distance – The software automatically calculates a head-down traverse limit based on nozzle distance from the sheet. The lower of the calculated value and the value entered here will be used.
Route traverse lines around holes – Turn on to route the laser head around cut-outs, if possible, instead of lifting the head up
Allowance when routing around holes – When routing lines to avoid cut-outs, this distance will be maintained from the traverse path to the edge of a cut. If this value is too high to route traverse lines around the cut-outs, then those traverse lines will be processed with the machine head being raised.
Lift nozzle if routing penalty is more than – This option is used to define if the nozzle should be lifted if the routing penalty is more than this value.
Allowance when routing around tilting holes – This option is to define the routing allowance around tilting holes.
Always reposition with head-up between holes – This option should be checked if sub-programs should be safe for post-production.

Laser Heads

Cut with single head – This option is for dual-head lasers to enable this to cut with a single laser head.