Thermwood / eCabinet Systems

Brandon, Regarding your Hinge Cup Machining issue - If Control Nesting has not found a TRUE drill with a MATCHING diameter to machine the hole, it will then look for a tool that can INTERPOLATE and has a MAX DIA equal to or larger than the target hole. If no appropriate tool is available to INTERPOL...

Ingbert, Êtes-vous un ebeniste chez Loeven Morcel Inc. situé à Montréal, Québec, Canada ? Perhaps you should contact the Software Support Group at CNC Automation . We can try to assist you and, if necessary, possibly offer you some training to speed things up. ================================ Êtes-v...

Andrew, Your problem most likely is originating with the polylines that make up the "curved" entities in your original DXF. eCabinet Systems and/or Control Nesting are linearizing these down into very short line segments - LOTS AND LOTS of very short line segments. The number of line entit...

The problem with " Genius Level Workarounds " :D is that over time they become the " that is how it is to be done " :roll: and an actual function/feature is never developed/implemented. Example: Drawer-stretchers -> ⋅ What most would like: Insert "Drawer Stretcher&...

Okay - had not tried with the "FlyOut" menu/window UNDOCKED/DETACHED. Okay - tried things on my three (3) monitor system. (All three monitors have different resolutions.) (** Windows 7 Pro 64-bit Op/Sys, NVIDIA QUADRO graphics) Miximize, Minimuize and Restore performed with the two "w...

Clint,

We nor our clients up here in Canada have seen this "non-restoring after minimized" behavior. (At least they have not reported it to us - and believe me... they would have! )

Neville, I work more on the software and general operational side of the Thermwood routers, but here is what I have for you: TABLEBOARD Material - ⋅ The "special MDF" from the USA is probably a form of LDF (Light Density Fiberboard) or ULDF (Ultra-Light Density Fibreboard). It is...

Neville, Here in Canada, most of our clients refer to the primary 3/4" (19mm) MDF sheet that sits on the vacuum plenum area as either the "SPOILBOARD" (old) or "TABLEBOARD" (new). The daily sacrificial board (usually 3/8" / 10mm) is called either the "SPACER" ...

Dan, I agree that your OUTLINE RAMP-IN LENGTH is too short. It is causing your OUTLINE tool to PLUNGE very steeply (almost vertical) and it is punching through the melamine on the bottom side. 3" or so is normally a good setting for the OUTLINE RAMP-IN LENGTH . NOTE: It is possible that someone...

You can simply add 1" to the WASTEBOARD variable. ( wasteboard : 0.325->1.325 ) Unless you have an older machine, the WASTEBOARD value is stored in the MACHINE VARIABLES database. This way you do not have to monkey with the program code. Works with ANY NC program and you simply remove the added...

Donald, Unfortunately, I have not dealt with the " Shopbot Link ", but the documentation appears to indicate that there is both a [Load] and an [Add] option for TWD files. http://order.ecabinetsystems.com/updates/ShopBotLinkManualDownload/ShopBot_Link_Manual.pdf - See page 5 .

Donald, You may have specific reasons to "combine" the layout jobs within eCabinet Systems itself, but if you are only looking to have the "jobs" optimized/nested and cut in one run, you can simply create a TWD for each "layout" job in eCabinet Systems . Then, in Contro...

Just so everyone is on the same page...

When discussing "How to make 'glass doors'...?", one has to specify if one's aim is "For display purposes within eCabinet Systems only" or you need to be able to "Send MDF 'glass' doors to the machine to be cut".

Aaron, First off, as you may know, G92 is a "relative" command - meaning that the reference being defined is relative to the spindle's current position. Example: (From HOME) G90 G00 X20 Y15 G92 X0 Y0 (The current PART REFERENCE is now at an absolute machine position of X20 Y15.) The equiva...

I will guess that the eCabinet Systems registration code that you have was linked to your overall hardware "checksum" prior to the new Windows install. (Many software-keyed programs do this. They can use hardware serial numbers, Windows license keys, network ids, etc) I suggest that you tr...