The CNC option enable you to cut your board designs with a shaping machine, thanks to the following features .

 

 

  • Computation of the cutting path.
  • Adapted to 3-axis, 4-axis and 5-axis machines.
  • Spherical, bullnose and disk cutter supported.
  • Two types of cutting path : "one side after the other" and "alternate lines".
  • Possibility to cut multiple stringers or no stringer at all.
  • Viewer to control the cutting path before sending it to the machine.
  • Integration of the CNC machine: viewing of the position of the blank related to the machine.
  • Blank held by vacuum system on two points, or held by clamps at each ends.
  • Acurate position of the board inside the blank.
  • Z level change between top and bottom cutting.
  • Cutting speed of the machine defined by user on each special point.
  • Compatible with most of shaping machine (see CNC pages).
  • DXF, GCode, Shopbot, ACL/Data format supported. All others on demand.
  • Machine descriptive file is now separate from the board file : a change in the machine parameters (cutter size, nb of lines, etc..) will operate for all the boards.

SHAPE3D   7 rue Cadet 75009 Paris tel : 01 55 33 16 76 Fax : 01 55 33 16 80 Mail : contact@shape3d.com