@greg1 wrote:
Hello. I have designed some simple birch plywood furniture pieces that I intend having CNC cut. I am wondering what people do to create the files needed for cutting sheet material like plywood? For instance, do you create a new 2d drawing representing the plywood sheet the parts will be cut from and redraw the cabinet part shapes or can you use the actual 3d model itself somehow to get/create the range of part shapes needed to be cut?
They (the CNC people) have a nesting feature with their software, but I do not want to use this. I want certain cabinet parts to be cut from certain parts of the birch ply sheets to ensure correct grain orientation and colour.
I have talked with the CNC operator and I know what they want for files, i.e. lines drawings for the cutter to follow, I am just wondering about the ways people bridge the gap between 3d model and 2d parts for cutting.
Hope this makes sense. Cheers.
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