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P.E.P. TECHNOLOGY©
CREATING THE CUTTER PATH
The P.E.P. software automatically creates the finished cutter path. The following are some of the cutter path considerations built into the logic.
Angle Deviation
Cad products save the starting and ending points of lines drawn at an angle as X/Y coordinates and not as a line drawn at a specific angle ( i.e. 45 degrees ). The calculated X/Y coordinates representing the line are normally correct; however, sometimes the coordinates are off by .002” or more. The error in the part geometry creates a problem when rotating and nesting the part with itself because the lines you would expect to be parallel are not perfectly parallel to each other. P.E.P. recognizes this and outputs the cutter path within tolerance.
BEFORE COMBINE CUTTING
Cutouts and Notches
The part geometry on the left is an example of a part with notches along the vertical and horizontal slices. Since the notches along the horizontal slice line up, the notches will be combined as one cutout. The notches along the vertical slice will be output as two cutouts.
AFTER COMBINE CUTTING
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