Cut, Nail Layer Edges

For each layer you can specify which edge should be cut or not cut. A distinction is made between bottom, top, left, right and diagonal edges. Using the dropdown at the top you can switch between outer contours and inner contours.

There are diagonal edges that are classified as top, bottom, left or right and there are diagonal edges that are classified as diagonal edges. The following rule applies to this classification:

• The program creates a rectangle around the wall.

• If a layer edge ends on two adjacent edges of this rectangle, it depends on which side the larger distance is measured. The diagonal edge belongs to that side. Example: blue line, left, top: On the left side the distance a is greater than the distance b at the top. Therefore this diagonal edge belongs to the left side. brown line, right, bottom: On the bottom side the distance a is greater than the distance b on the right. Therefore this diagonal edge belongs to the bottom side.

• If a diagonal line ends on two opposite edges of the rectangle, then it is a diagonal line. As a rule this diagonal line ends exactly in the corner of the rectangle. In this case the side opposite the other end of the line counts.

With the checkboxes in the 'Z' column you can trigger a special analysis. The checkboxes are intentionally offset by half a row so that they lie between two layers. As soon as a checkbox is set, the analysis compares the cutting areas of the two layers. If the cutting areas form a single area, these two cuts are merged into one cut and written out in the outer of the two layers. This happens for cuts perpendicular to the wall surface as well as for inclined cuts. Whether the "cut" is passed to the saw or the router and whether it is used as overlapping or undercut is determined by the setting for the outer layer in which the "cut" is written out.

For the outer contours you can additionally define a strip on all edges for each layer using the input fields in which no nailing should occur. The program then creates a blocked area there in which no nails are generated. These blocked areas are also passed to Weinmann.

For the top and bottom edges of the outer and inner contours you can enter an inclination. This inclination is written into the WUP file exactly with the entered value. In this way you can quickly generate inclined cuts at the corresponding edges. However, the Weinmann 5-axis unit is required for this.

With the depth correction at the right edge of the dialog box you can influence the depth of the cuts. Positive values cause the saw cut to be passed deeper by the entered amount, and negative values shallower by that amount. Negative values are mainly used when there is a foil in the layer beneath the board being cut that must not be damaged.

If you have switched the dropdown at the top to the inner contours, you can configure corner routings for the openings. This is particularly relevant when the openings are cut out with the saw and the saw settings are set to "undercut". In that case the saw cuts on the top side of the board exactly into the corner of the opening. Due to the rounding of the saw blade, however, material remains on the underside and the scrap piece does not fall out of the opening. With the corner routings you can generate short milling paths for the router in the corners. Enter the length of the milling paths in the 'Length' field and the router index to be used in the 'I' field.

With the last column of the dialog box (checkboxes) you can define a layer as a foil layer. This is done with a layer of thickness 0.0 that is to be passed as a foil layer. The program then automatically generates a board for passing to the WUP file. If you also enable cutting or make nailing settings for the same layer, these will also be passed.