Difference between revisions of "Cutting the End of a Part"
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'''Step 2:''' Select the '''"New Cut"''' command button. | '''Step 2:''' Select the '''"New Cut"''' command button. | ||
− | '''Step 3: Select the tube you are going to cut. Note: The straight end of a bent part will have a blue PickPoint on it | + | '''Step 3:''' Select the tube you are going to cut. Note: The straight end of a bent part will have a blue PickPoint on it. Select this PickPoint. You will find our part turn green in color. |
[[File:CutEnd1.jpg]] | [[File:CutEnd1.jpg]] | ||
− | '''Step 4: Select the dot(s) representing the tube section(s) that our part is going to be cut to. | + | '''Step 4:''' Select the dot(s) representing the tube section(s) that our part is going to be cut to. You will find the intersecting tubes will turn red. |
[[File:CutEnd2.jpg]] | [[File:CutEnd2.jpg]] |
Latest revision as of 13:42, 5 October 2015
The following are the steps to setting up the cutting the end of a "part" .
Step 1: Select the "Cutting" tab.
Step 2: Select the "New Cut" command button.
Step 3: Select the tube you are going to cut. Note: The straight end of a bent part will have a blue PickPoint on it. Select this PickPoint. You will find our part turn green in color.
Step 4: Select the dot(s) representing the tube section(s) that our part is going to be cut to. You will find the intersecting tubes will turn red.
Step 5: Select the "Cut Complete" command button.
Notice the intersection now has a black and a blue cut marks showing the inside and outside of the material where each meets the intersection part(s).
Step 6: Select the "Print" command button.
The cutting templates can be called up at a later time by selecting them from the list shown.