Cutting

Description

The Cutting tab contains the tools necessary for adding cuts to the ends of parts. Wrappers can be printed which, when wrapped around the end of a tube, mark where the tube needs to be cut.

How-To

Click the New Cut button and click a part. Click a second part that the first part will be cut to fit against. Click the Cut Complete button. The cut should appear in the list of cuts on the Cutting tab. Click the Auto-Cut button to let the software attempt to generate all cuts in the assembly project. If the Outside Diameter Only box is checked, the software will not display the inside diameter cut line for each cut. If Mitered Cut is checked, all cuts will be calculated as straight mitered cuts. If you are using a hole saw to cut your tubes leave Mitered Cut unchecked.

On each wrapper, there is a red line with a number on it. This line is used for lining up a wrapper on a tube. The number is the distance from the end of the tube that the red line should be. If Distance to Perp of Bend is checked, the red line will instead display the distance to the tangent of the nearest bend combined with the outside radius of the bend.

In the middle of the Cutting tab, there is a list of all cuts in the current Assembly project. Click on one to see a preview of the wrapper. Click the Cutter button to see information on the cut and information on making the cut with a hole saw if available. Click Delete to remove the cut from the tube, or click Delete All to remove all cuts from the Assembly project. Click Print to print the currently selected wrapper, or click Print All to print out all wrappers for the entire Assembly project.