Service Guide

ArtiosCAD – Kongsberg integration

Kongsberg XN/XL/XE/XP/XPA

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 Change record

Date Who Description

21. May 2012 Ehj Added/Updated Camera Registration Marks
21. May 2012 Ehj Added i-scrip Output
22. May 2012 Ehj Added Short-run production Kongsberg XPA
23. May 2012 Ehj Added Re-board workflow

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 Content

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................ 4
2. GENERAL SAMPLE MAKING IN CORRUGATED AND FOLDING CARTON ...................................................... 5
2.1 MAKING SAMPLES IN FOLDING CARTON ......................................................................................................................... 8
3. ARTIOSCAD CAD-X IN XL/XE-GUIDE ....................................................................................................................... 15
3.1 HOW TO SETUP............................................................................................................................................................. 15
3.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 16
3.3 SAMPLE LABELS............................................................................................................................................................ 20
4. CUTTING COATING BLANKETS (AKA VARNISH BLANKETS) .......................................................................... 22
4.1 HOW TO SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
4.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 26
5. KONGSBERG DRILL TOOL .......................................................................................................................................... 30
5.1 HOW TO SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 30
5.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 32
6. PRINT REGISTRATION MARKS PLACED FREEHAND ......................................................................................... 33
6.1 HOW TO SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 33
6.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 34
6.3 DO THE OUTPUT ............................................................................................................................................................ 35
7. PRINT REGISTRATION MARKS WITH POSITION IN THE HEADER ................................................................ 36
7.1 HOW TO SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 36
7.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 38
8. MILLING WITH KBG MULTICUT USING VARIABLE DIAMETER .................................................................... 41
8.1 HOW TO SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 41
8.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 45
8.3 TIPS & TRICKS & LIMITATIONS FOR MILLING ............................................................................................................... 49
9. KONGSBERG RUBBER CUTTING ............................................................................................................................... 50
9.1 HOW TO SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 50
9.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 52
10. CAM TOOLING SETUP IN GENERAL .................................................................................................................... 55
11. MANUAL SEQUENCING ............................................................................................................................................ 56
12. I-SCRIPT OUTPUT FROM ARTIOSCAD TO I-CUT VISION ............................................................................... 59
12.1 USAGE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 59
13. SHORT-RUN PRODUCTION KONGSBERG XP-A ................................................................................................. 60
13.1 HOW TO SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 60
13.2 HOW TO USE .................................................................................................................................................................. 61
14. RE-BOARD AND HONEYCOMB MATERIAL ........................................................................................................ 62

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1. Introduction

The purpose of this document is to explain some of the FAQ‟s about ArtiosCAD setup and the
Kongsberg tables.
It isn‟t a full user guide to neither ArtiosCAD nor XL/XE-Guide, but hopefully it will be a great help
for road warriors when trying to establish a decent workflow for our customers.
More and more Kongsberg table / ArtiosCAD users have a table equipped with i-cut Vision Pro. The
focus of this document is customers without i-cut Vision Pro, but one chapter (12) is describing how
to setup the workflow for these customers. More information about this workflow will follow.

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2. General Sample Making in Corrugated and Folding
Carton

Saving ArtiosCAD files and filling in the database information

Making output to the Kongsberg Table

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Specify a Kongsberg Job Setup File in the output (optional)

Saving new Job Setup Files in XL-Guide or XE-Guide will automatically update the list of available
Job Setup Files in ArtiosCAD

Database and design information are automatically included the Header of the cutting file (*.acm
file)

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Header information displayed in XL-Guide

By sorting the list of available cutting files after different criteria‟s (as Material, Customer, Due Date,
etc), the table operator can effectively utilize the capacity of the machine.

Possible File Views in XL-Guide are:

 Customer Name
 Design Date
 Size in X * Y
 Designer Name
 Due Date
 Modified Date
 Flute Direction X or Y
 Job Setup File
 Material
 Thickness

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2.1 Making Samples in Folding Carton
Buttons for Make Counter, Make Sample or Make All available in the output dialog

Sample Counter is automatically generated for Folding Carton Samplemaking

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Sample and Counter in the Output Preview (Zoomed In View)

Counter file automatically named FilenameC.acm and turns OFF the Matrix Function in XE-Guide

Sample file turns ON the Matrix Function in XE-Guide

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The Matrix Function in XE-Guide (and XL-Guide set to Folding Carton Application) ensures that the
knife is cutting fully through the carton when cutting the counter, but when a new carton board is
placed on top of the counter, the matrix function will prevent the knife from cutting through both the
sample and the counter.
A single Sample Counter can therefore be used for multiple Samples

Special Line Types like:

 Perforation
 Cut & Crease
 Partial Cut and Crease
 Zipper Rule
 Wave Rule
 Etc…Etc…
Are automatically converted to correct geometry (Design Representation) in the cutting file

Nicks in the design can automatically be output as gaps in the sample file. There are even options
for adjusting nick overcut

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Critical Geometry are handled by the ArtiosCAD sample output, special features to prevent overcuts
are available, so are cutting speed improving features as Over-crease and automatically round
corners to prevent “unnecessary” time consuming tool lifts

Certain ArtiosCAD Linetypes as Print registration, Annotation, Sheet Size etc…

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Can be “Sized” by the output and will automatically add correct offset from the zero pint in the
cutting file. By In XL-Guide the reference point can be set to the Sheet edge or a Print Registration
Mark by using the laser pointer or the camera. This will ensure correct print to cut registration for
preprinted sheets.

PS! The XL-Guide function “Origin in lower left corner” must be turned OFF

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Using the “Second Tool for Cross Grain” option in ArtiosCAD gives very flexible creasing options

In ArtiosCAD there are additional options for:

 Double Pass Creasing
 Reverse Crease Operations
 Second Height Crease (can be set up to different creasing depth than ordinary crease lines)
 Second Height Reverse Crease (same as above, but for Reverse Crease Lines)

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Double Pass Creasing with different depth can also be set up directly in XL-Guide‟s Job Setup Files
by specifying the same Logical Tools twice (or multiple times) with different depths.
Sometimes very useful if you have a very dry, fragile backliner or struggling with sufficient creasing
force in double and triple wall material

All the Kongsberg Tables, from the oldest to the Latest and Greatest are predefined as available
Tuning Entries in ArtiosCAD Outputs with correct working area (Device Size) and necessary
parameters. There are outputs for Samplemaking and Plots (Drafting) so just be selecting correct
output type, plots or sample/counters are generated with predefined preferences.
The list of available Kongsberg Tables are constantly being updated in new versions of ArtiosCAD

Plot outputs (Drafting) are optimized for Plotting Speed while Sample Outputs are
optimized/sequenced for Sample Making. Just select the wanted output and a perfectly prepared
cutting file is ready to be cut on the Kongsberg table.
Our CAM Engineers installing and servicing the Kongsberg Tables are familiar with the Kongsberg
Output from ArtiosCAD, so installations are pretty straight forward.
This is very convenient both for new table installations and when relocating older second hand
Kongsberg tables that somehow seems to never die 

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3. ArtiosCAD Cad-X in XL/XE-Guide

3.1 How to setup

ArtiosCAD should always be installed prior to XL/XE-Guide to be registered correctly.

If XL/XE-Guide is already installed you can install ArtiosCAD and manually register it by opening the
folder C:\xl-guide\SYSTEM and drag the file CadXContain.dll and drop it on file REGSVR32.EXE
in the same folder.
You should get the confirmation window below

There are 3 minimum requirements for Cad-X to work:

 There must be a Default Board specified

 There must be a Default Single Design Parameter Set specified
 There must be a Default Import Tuning specified

All these setting are found in Option -> Defaults -> Design Defaults

For the English version of ArtiosCAD they are all set, but we have seen occasions on translated
version were these parameters do not exist, or has been translated so the reference to the file does
not match the file name (i.e. the German version).
You need a license to configure this if it does not work!

Please bear in mind that every time you open a „foreign file format‟ (like DXF or CFF2) in XL-Guide it
will first be imported into ArtiosCAD and converted to a „native‟ ArtiosCAD file (*.ard)
The Import Tuning will make sure that all the attributes in the foreign files are mapped to correct
Layer(s), Linetype(s) and Pointage in ArtiosCAD.
When you click Make Sample or Make Plot it will be converted to Kongsberg format (*.acm) using
the Outputs predefined in ArtiosCAD.

If something goes wrong, you need to find out if it’s the import or export that fails!

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3.2 How to use
ArtiosCAD files (*.ard) can be opened directly in XL-Guide via Cad-X technology. This is the Cad-X
(ArtiosCAD) dialog, and Counter, Sample or Plot can be made directly from this dialog.
Note the button for “Print Label”. This option will be covered later in this document *1

Other file types can also be opened directly in XL-Guide via Cad-X like:
 CFF2 (*.cf2)
 DDES (*.ds2)
 DXF (*.dxf)
 HPGL (*.hpg)
 PDF (*.pdf)

All file formats that can be opened/imported in ArtiosCAD can also be opened/imported in XL-Guide
via Cad-X.
We can currently import PDF as vectors in ArtiosCAD, but this requires the PDF Import/Export option
currently not available in XL-Guide/Cad-X

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“Use Kongsberg Defaults” should be activated!!!

Specific import tuning can be set from XL-Guide and saved in ArtiosCAD defaults via Cad-X. CFF2
import tuning dialog shown below.

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Using the Kongsberg Defaults mentioned above will result in the following:

Import Tuning:

When XL/XE-Guide is set to Metric:

Option -> Defaults -> Import Tuning Table -> Artios -> Kongsberg CadX (do not rename anything)
-> Kongsberg CadX DXF – Metric are being used

When XL/XE-Guide is set to Inches:

Option -> Defaults -> Import Tuning Table -> Artios -> Kongsberg CadX (do not rename anything)
-> Kongsberg CadX DXF – Inch are being used

Outputs:

When XL/XE-Guide is set to Corrugated:

Option -> Defaults -> Outputs -> Artios -> Kongsberg CadX Outputs (do not rename anything)
Kongsberg CadX Corrugated Samplemaker are being used when the Make sample button are
used in the Cad-X window

Note! Make Counter not available in Corrugated mode

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When XL/XE-Guide set to Folding Carton:
Option -> Defaults -> Outputs -> Artios -> Kongsberg CadX Outputs (do not rename anything)
Kongsberg CadX FC Samplemaker are being used when the Make counter and Make sample
buttons are used in the Cad-X window

When XL/XE-Guide set to Corrugated or Folding Carton:

Option -> Defaults -> Outputs -> Artios -> Kongsberg CadX Outputs (do not rename anything)
Kongsberg CadX Drafting are being used
When the Make plot button is used in the Cad-X window

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3.3 Sample Labels
Sample Labels can be printed from ArtiosCAD, or directly from the Cad-X dialog *1, on any standard
Label Writer such as a Dymo Label writer. Database information and a small picture of the actual
design are automatically added to the “Sample Report”, and this report is of course customizable in
ArtiosCAD. See standard example label below.

ArtiosCAD Sample Label

Customer
Esko-Graphics US
Design
45700.ARD
Description
Small box for testing Label Printer
Short Desc 1 Short Desc 2 Short Desc 3
Abcde 01234 Test1
Board LxW xD Blank Size
M-SBS-250 120 x 50 x 100 355.5 x 209.5
Date Designer Salesperson
05.03.2008 EHJ JAVI

Sample labels are self adhesive and easy to glue on the sample, and simplifies further handling of
the sample since it‟s easier to recognize for sales persons bringing it directly to their customer or
when shipping it.
It also looks much far more professional than post-it stickers or other additional “documents”

To make this work the Dymo Label Writer must me installed, and from ArtiosCAD Options ->
Defaults -> Outputs -> Artios -> Kongsberg CadX Outputs (do not rename anything) -> Kongsberg
CadX LabelWriter this printer should be selected from the Windows Driver list under the Device
Tab

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!!!Note!!! You may change the settings in any of these Kongsberg CadX entries, but you
cannot rename them! The names are hard coded from XL/XE-Guide!!!

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4. Cutting Coating Blankets (aka Varnish Blankets)

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 Connection
 Designer
 Layout (Coating Blanket included in ArtiosCAD7.70)
 DieMaker (not required in ArtiosCAD7.70)

4.1 How to setup

Go to: Options -> Defaults -> Output and make a copy of the customers sample output (i.e.
Kongsberg XE10 – FC sample cutting & matrix) and rename (ie. Kongsberg XE10 – Coating Blanket)
Double click it and activate Differential Scale and set a correct Vertical Scale factor. This depends of
the diameter of the drum

Use a GNC output for Corrugated (no Matrix function)

Coating Blankest should be cut from the Inside so set side permanently to Inside

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Add CB.acm to the file name to distinguish it from the sample file

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Select only the Coating Blanket layer to output

Set the Annotation line to “Size Only”

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The option “Split lines connection corners” gives better cutting results, but is slower to cut. Discuss
pros and cons with the customer!

Sample Counter can be disabled (set to None) for all Crease lines

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4.2 How to use
Create or open the wanted design
Use the Coating Free Area tool to create coating free areas in the designs

Coating free areas “rotated” to the correct flaps using the General Rotate tool

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Single design converted to manufacturing, nested using the Reverse Second Row nest option, and
sheet size shrinked to actual size.

From the Menu: Tools -> Geometry Macros… -> Manufacturing Tools -> Coating Blanket -> Coating
Blanket

Select “Do not apply shrink”. This will be done in the output

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These values should be pre-adjusted to customer‟s specification

Turn on the Coating Blanket layer only to view the result

Ready to be output

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The “Size Only” of the annotation lines will apply the correct offset from the corner of the coating
blanket to the cut lines

PS! The XL/XE-Guide function “Origin in lower left corner” must be turned OFF

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5. Kongsberg Drill Tool

ArtiosCAD7.70 has a new function for Drill Tool in Sample Making (Specify Drill holes smaller than
Diameter: xx)

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 ArtiosCAD version 7.70 or higher
 Connection
 Designer

5.1 How to setup

1. Go to: Options -> Defaults -> Outputs and locate your Kongsberg Sample Output. PS! It has
to be a Kongsberg output using one of the GNC drivers.
2. Double click it and go to the Sample Line Types Tab and specify the maximum diameter of
holes that should be drilled

3. Go to: Options -> Defaults -> Plotting Style Catalog and select CAM.ARTIOS.GCMC, and
verify that Sample drill holes is set to Tool number 4

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4. Save and Close Shared defaults

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5.2 How to use
Create or open your design
Add holes as Cut lines by using the standard Circle Radius Tool

All holes smaller than the Diameter specified in the output will be output as P4 with D3 in the .acm
file.

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6. Print Registration Marks placed Freehand

Requires XL-guide 6064 or higher

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 Connection
 Designer

6.1 How to setup

Any Kongsberg output can be used

Print registration must

be set to „Sample Pen 4‟

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6.2 How to use
Create or open your design
Go to the menu: Tools -> Geometry Macro Catalog and select your preferred Print Registration
Marks, or simply just create circles with diameter ~ 6mm in the Print Registration Layer as line type
Print Registration. The circles can be filled, but is not required.

Print Registration Marks Applied

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6.3 Do the Output

The .acm file will contain P8 for the registration marks, and P8 should be mapped to the Camera in
the job setup file.
XL-Guide will „scan‟ the .acm files for P8 and use the camera to locate them.

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7. Print Registration Marks with position in the Header

This is the ‘old’ method. Requires the 4 registration marks to be placed symmetrical.

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 Connection
 Designer

7.1 How to setup

Select a suitable
NC tuning for
the GNC driver

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 Specify
this post
processing
command
file

PS! The file ACM_Adjust-sam-reg.txt must exist in the \ServerLib catalog or another
catalog specified in the ArtiosCAD INTSEARCH string

Print registration must

be set to „Size only‟

Make sure that „Cut stripping rules‟

is checked. Otherwise this output
will fail for .mfg files

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7.2 How to use
Create or open your design
Go to the menu: Tools -> Geometry Macro Catalog and select your preferred Print Registration
Macro

Set your preferences

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Specify Size and Offset

Print Registration Marks Applied

Do the Output

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Resulting Header info in the ACM file

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8. Milling with Kbg MultiCUT using Variable Diameter

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 Connection
 Designer
 ArtiosCAD7.60

8.1 How to setup

Save the file St_MultiCutTemplate.ard in \ServerLib

Go to: Options -> Defaults and activate User Defaults

With User Defaults active, go to menu: File -> Open -> File ->MultiCutVar.adf

Drag & Drop in

Shared Defaults
Delete this one

Subtype Mapping Catalog

Drag & Drop in

Shared Defaults

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New Design Templates

Drag & Drop in

Shared Defaults

Bridging Formula (no bridges for Milling)

Drag & Drop in

Shared Defaults

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CAM Tooling Setup Catalog

Drag & Drop in

Shared Defaults

NC Export tuning table

Drag & Drop in

Shared Defaults

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Outputs

Drag & Drop in

Shared Defaults

Save changes to Shared Defaults

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8.2 How to use
Select the MultiCut Parameter Set. This can be set to be your Default singe design parameter set.

This parameter set uses a “New Design Template” that adds variables for the Diameter of the Milling
Bit (MB) and the Overlap (OL) when Fill Mill are required.

Create the geometry equal to the final result. The output will automatically generate radius
compensation equal to half the Diameter of the tool.

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Outside Radius Compensation:
Linetype: Die Board Edge (170)
Subtype: = Milling Depth
Bridging: No Bridging
Pointage: Any Pointage (0-8)

Inside Radius Compensation:

Linetype: Die Registration Hole (171)
Subtype: = Milling Depth
Bridging: No Bridging
Pointage: Any Pointage (0-8)

Inside Radius Compensation, Washout:

Linetype: Die Registration Hole (171)
Subtype: = Fill Mill Depth
Bridging: No Bridging
Pointage: Any Pointage (0-8)

Center tool:
Linetype: Die Etch (18)
Subtype: = Milling Depth
Bridging: No Bridging
Pointage: Any Pointage (0-8)

Subtype 81 – 89 set various depths. No subtype selected = Full Depth

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By clicking RunTimeData… in the output dialog, you‟ll also be able to change the tool diameter, but
the preferred way is by making a Rebuild of the design and change the variables.

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8.3 Tips & Tricks & Limitations for Milling
 Add Die Board Edge, Die Registration Holes & Die Etch to you default line type set
 Geometry must form a closed loop. Otherwise the radius compensation would not work
correctly
 Always check for Double Lines and Gaps
 Using the “View Mode” to filter lines by type is sometimes useful to find errors in a design
 Select by Example using both Line Type and Subtype Attributes is also another useful feature
 Everything inside a closed loop of Die Registration Hole, Subtype “FillMill” will be milled away.
You can currently not keep an “Island” of Die Board Edge inside a “Lake” of Die Registration
Hole

CAM type output to the MultiCut Head requiring Header Information about the Register Marks must
have this line type set to “Size Only” in the CAM Tooling Setup Catalog, and the same Post
Processing Command file specified in the Advanced Section

CAM Tooling Setup Catalog

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9. Kongsberg Rubber Cutting

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 Connection
 Designer
 Layout
 DieMaker
 Create Rubber
 Layout Rubber (requires a separate Elma dongle)

9.1 How to setup

Go to: Options -> Defaults -> CAM Tooling Setup Catalog and Create or Copy the following CAM
Tooling: Kongsberg Rubber Cutting

Go to: Options -> Defaults -> Output and make a copy of the customers sample output (i.e.
Kongsberg XL22 – FC sample cutting & matrix) and rename (ie. Kongsberg XL22 – Rubber Cutting)

Select
Rubber
Sheets

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Click here to select
the CAM Tooling you
just created

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9.2 How to use
Create your layout using the Nesting tool

Create the Die Rubber using the Rubber Area tool

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Create the Rubber Nest using the Layout Rubber tool

Do the output to the Kongsberg Table

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There will be separate files for each Rubber Sheet

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10. CAM Tooling Setup in general

A CAM Tooling Setup can be used to make special outputs with multiple operations (tools) per line
type, subtype, separate tool for bridge etc…etc…

The basic idea is to filter different attributes in the ArtiosCAD file to different tools on the machine

The ArtiosCAD attributes that can be filtered in the Tool Selection are:
 Line Types (all)
 Sub Types (0 – 100 per line type)
 Pointages (0 – 8)
 Slot Width
 Zero length Lines and Arcs (typically set to “Do not output”)
 Specific Length of Lines and Arcs (using the LEN command)
 Specific Radius of Arcs and Circles (using the RAD command)
 Etc…etc…

Once they are filtered they can be sent to any of the 30 Tools specified in the Tool List
These tools can be virtually anything
 Knife for long Lines
 Knife for short Lines
 Knife for small Arcs
 Knife for the first Cut
 Mill for the second Cut
 Knife for the third Cut
 Etc…etc…

It‟s possible to set up multiple tools for a certain selection, so that the same line can be output as
different tools (i.e. Cut the front liner with a knife, mill the flute with a milling bit and cut the back
liner with a knife)

Each selection can be grouped into 99 different groups and each group can be optionally optimized.

All the tools must be mapped correctly in the job setup file in XL-Guide.

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11. Manual Sequencing

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 Connection
 Designer

When all other options to cut a design perfectly fail, the last resort is to manually sequence the job.
Sequencing should not be done directly in a design, mainly because it will be re-sequenced by the
output.
There are only 2 ways to „force‟ a design to be cut in a special sequence:
1. Do the output to a workspace layer and sequence that (recommended)
2. Use a Plot output without optimization (not recommended)

This is the job we want to cut, and we want to cut all the bolt holes first, followed by the larger
diameters in the order of inner to outer.

Go to: File -> Output and select the output you normally use (i.e. Your Kongsberg XL44 –
Corrugated sample cutting).
In the output dialog, click Properties… and select Output Device = Workspace Layer
Give the Layer a proper name (i.e. Out just because it‟s easy so spell and remember)

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Click OK and do the output by clicking Make Sample

The output will no be done to the Layer you specified, and the linetype(s) in that layer will be
sample linetypes (i.e. Sample Knife, Sample Crease, Sample Partial Cut etc… and not ordinary Cut,
Crease and Partial Cut lines).
Yes, there is a big difference between how generic lines are treated vs sample line types.

Make sure that you output layer is the only active layer before you click the Sequence tool.

Contrary to activate Sequencing with the Main Design layer active, you’ll not be prompted to
Disable Rebuild when you do it in an output layer.
Screenshot below shows as example if Sequence is activated in the Main Design layer.

The sequence from the output will be shown

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Enter group or select Sequence All to set the desired order of cuts by indicating the Items

PS! You can also use the Reverse Direction tool to change the direction of all or certain lines.
After you have sequenced it to you own preferences, use the standard output to generate the
sample file.
Make sure that the output layer is the only visible layer, and since the linetype(s) here are Sample
Line Types, they‟ll not be reorganized by the output, they‟ll be output exactly as they are, in the
very same order and direction.

Again it’s important that Sequencing and Optimizing is turned off in XL-Guide!

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12. i-script output from ArtiosCAD to i-cut Vision

A lot of our i-machine customers are also equipped with ArtiosCAD. For these customers the i-script
output is the recommended way of transferring jobs from ArtiosCAD to the table.

In order to run ArtiosCAD jobs on the table, the job has often been exported to DXF or HPGL and
imported into i-cut, or exported as ACM and run directly from XL/XE/XP-Guide. Using DXF or HPGL
results in less efficient cutting and creasing, often also in poorer quality, because i-cut will interpret
polylines (lines and arcs cut as one continuous path) differently from ArtiosCAD. Using ACM
introduces a need for training the operator in XX-Guide user interface in addition to i-cut, which is
the “main” user interface for these customers.

Introducing i-script (i-cut exchange format) output makes sure polylines and cutting directions are
maintained from ArtiosCAD through i-cut to the table.
What is not necessary maintained is the cutting order defined in ArtiosCAD, with functions like
“Reverse the last line” in slots. The result is that cutting time is similar to or sometimes shorter than
with ACM output, cutting quality might still be an issue depending on design and quality of the
corrugated board. By enabling the “Keep Curve Sequence after Import” the exact same cutting order
as defined in ArtiosCAD is ensured.

12.1 Usage
Three outputs are included in Example Defaults in ArtiosCAD version 7.60 and in Shared Defaults on
7.70 and newer.
One is for corrugated samplemaking, one for folding carton samplemaking and one for plotting.
Please note that the “samplemaking” outputs are purposely made more optimized for production,
less for making the perfect sample, compared to samplemaking output to ACM.
The plotting output is for plotting as well as input to the i-cut based JobPrep Station coming together
with i-cut 7.
As soon as the installation is done these outputs are available from the File-Outputs menu.

A fourth output optimized for milling jobs is available, but not supplied with ArtiosCAD 7.70.
The main idea with this output is to send the basic design from ArtiosCAD to i-cut and leave all
milling preparations to i-cut (either i-cut Vision Pro running on the table PC or the i-cut based
JobPrep Station), which is optimized for this task.

Please note!
This workflow should be installed only at customers with ArtiosCAD, i-cut and a Kongsberg table.

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 ArtiosCAD version 7.70 or higher
 Connection
 Designer

Please note that the predefined outputs are based upon the device size of a XL22 (2190 x
1680)
It might be required to edit the device size on the position tab for larger table.

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13. Short-run production Kongsberg XP-A

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 Connection
 Designer
 Layout

Almost every design that should be cut and unloaded on a Kongsberg table with an in and out stack
requires nicks.
The size and amount of nicks material dependent, and can only be determined by experience.
It‟s recommended to place the various Nick tools on a customized toolbar for easy access.

13.1 How to setup

No setup required, but it’s strongly recommended to use customized toolbars described below.
Go to: Options -> Defaults -> Customized Toolbars -> Design Customized Toolbars -> Right click ad
select New -> Data. Give the toolbar a proper name (i.e. Nicks) and drag the required tools from the
Adjust toolbar to your own toolbar. Select a toolbar color (optional). Save and Close. The new
toolbar can now be turned on in Customized toolbars.
PS! You can also add other stuff to the same (or other) customized tool bars, like Geometry Macros
and Outputs.

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13.2 How to use
Create or open the design. Add nicks in proper position. Make the output. The size of the nicks can
be temporary changed during the output dialog by going to: Properties -> Sample Line Types and
specify an Adjustment for nick overcut. A positive value gives larger nicks, a negative value gives
smaller nicks.

PS! Changing the value here will not update the ard file, just the acm file.

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14. Re-board and Honeycomb material

ArtiosCAD minimum option requirements:

 ArtiosCAD version 7.70 or higher *1
 Connection
 Designer
 Layout (Recommended)

*1 required for the new V-notch linetypes, realistic 3D rendering and Drill Tool support and Re-
board by default in the database. The Tab/Slot tool for 3D assembly is also new for version 7.70 and
is very useful for Re-board.

The Drill Tool described in chapter 5 is also an important improvement for Re-board and Honeycomb
workflows.

New linetypes for the V-notch tool

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This is how the new linetypes looks in 2D. The red lines along the perimeter of the box visualize how
the cut will be in the back liner, and the black line how it will be in the front liner. The “Reverse
Direction” tool can be used to change direction of lines, and this direction will be maintained in the
output.
The small holes will be output to the Drill Tool as P4 with a D3 command as described in chapter 5

And 3D view

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