Special Cutouts Guide - V11

Special Cutouts Guide - V11

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Special Cutouts

The Special Cutouts page of the Cabinet Machining category makes it possible to add one special cutout to each cabinet component.

When you first look at this screen it can feel a little bewildering. However, once familiar with it, it is not as bad as it looks. We will first discuss the rules and then the options associated with each selection and examples of cutouts. 

Rules

  1. Up to three separate cutouts can be applied to each cabinet. These can be Circles (including semicircles and quarter circles), Rectangles or Slots.
      
  1. For Circles and Rectangles you specify the dimensions and the position of the centre.
  2. For Slots you specify (1) the Width, (2) which edge it is cut from and (3) the location of its end.
  3. Slots are always cut with a semicircular end, beyond the selected end point.
  4. Depending on their position, Circles are reduced to arcs if the circle would otherwise be part of the component. If the centre is within the radius of an edge, the centre automatically moves itself to be on the edge. Thus only full circles, semicircles or quarter circles are actually cut.
  5. A similar approach is taken for Rectangles, as for Circles, regarding their size (using the Width or Height instead of the Radius). For rectangles, the radius is applied to the corners.
  6. The centre of a Rectangle, Circle, or the end point of a Slot is specified either as exact co-ordinates or relative positions on the component, from a chosen starting corner. For example, a centre may be positioned 100mm across a component from its bottom left and half way up, by selecting ‘BotL’ as  the start position, ‘0’ as the ‘x Fraction’, ‘100mm’ as the ‘x Pos’ and ‘0.5’ as the  ‘y Fraction’.
      
  1. Holes for centres placed off the component will be positioned as if centred on the edge of the component.
  2. If a specified width, height or radius exceeds the width or height of the component, it will be ignored.
  3. These cutouts are undertaken without any regard to any other machining options (for example, screw holes drilled to fix the component to another). The user is therefore responsible for the effect this may have.
  4. Cutouts applied to Shelves will be applied to ALL shelves in the cabinet.

Options

Use

Whether or not the cutout is in use
Part
To which part (component) the cutout is to be applied.
Type of Cutout
Choose None, Circle, Rectangle, or Slot.
Radius
Required by the Circle and rectangles corners.
Width
Required by the Rectangle and Slot.
Height
Required by the Rectangle only
Side
Required by Slots only.
Determines the side in which the slot is cut from. 
Start

The start position from where to calculate the centre/end point. The options are ‘TopL’, ‘TopR’, ‘BotL’ or ‘BotR’.  These refer to the corners of the component as it is viewed from the chosen machining face.

See the ‘Face’ page of the Catalog/ Drawing properties.

x Fraction
One way of specifying the position of the centre/slot end point. It represents a fraction of the component’s width, from the chosen start position.  Values can be between 0 and 1.


Example: Here the resulting position would be halfway across the component (regardless of the components size.)

Regardless of the start position, the ‘x Fraction’ always positions away from the chosen start point, there is no need to try and use negative numbers. (e.g. 0.5 from TopR would result in the same position as from TopL).
x Pos
The alternative method of specifying the position of the centre/slot end point.  It represents an actual distance from the chosen start position.



Example: Here the resulting position would be 100mm from the bottom left hand corner.

Regardless of the start position, the ‘xPos’ always positions away from the chosen start point, there is no need to try and use negative numbers.

(e.g. 100mm from Top Right would result in a position 100mm towards the Top Left).



xPos can be combined with x Fraction. Example: To centre  circle 30mm from the centre use ‘0.5’ as x Fraction and ‘30mm’ as xPos, from the appropriate starting corner.
y Fraction
Similar to x Fraction but dealing with the position of the centre/slot end point in relation to the component's height.
y Pos

Similar to xPos but dealing with the position of the centre/slot end point in relation to the component’s height.



Examples of Special Cutouts

To view cutouts for Machining in the Preview Pane, select options on the View page of the Cabinet Machining category. i.e. turn on the View checkbox and select part to view from the dropdown.

1 - Circle

Use options Radius, Start, x Pos, y Pos:

This would cut a circle of radius 50mm in the Left End.

The centre of the circle being 200mm to the left of and 400mm down from the top right corner of the component.

2 - Semi Circle

Use options Radius, y Pos:

Similar to the example above, but this would cut a semicircle of radius 50mm in the Left End.

The centre being 200mm to the left of the top right corner and on the edge of the component.

This is because the yPos is less than the radius, so the circle would have been cut off. As mentioned in the ‘Rules’ above, when this happens the centre is placed on the edge of the component.

3 - Slot

Use options Type, Width, Side:
:
Cuts a slot in the Back component, of width 30mm, down from the Top of the component to a position 100mm below the top and halfway along.

4 - Rectangle 1

Use options Type, Radius, x / y Fractions, yPos:

Cuts out a rectangle into the Bottom part component, 75mm wide and 100m high, centred 20mm above the middle of the component. The corners being cut with 20mm radius.

5 - Rectangle 2

Use options Type, Radius, Start:

As the centre of the rectangle is the bottom left hand corner, this results in a cutout from the part of only 37.5mm wide and 50mm high. The corners being cut with 20mm radius.
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