CypCut User Manual V6.2

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Friendess, Inc.
CypCut Laser Cutting Control System
User Manual
Version: V6.2.4
CypCut laser cutting control system 1
Welcome
Thank you for using CypCut laser cutting control system.
CypCut laser cutting control system (CypCut for short) is a set of system software
designed for plane laser cutting, including laser cutting process, common layout
function and laser processing control, most of its functions are applied in graphics
processing, parameter settings, custom cutting process editing, layout, path layer
planning, simulation and cutting process control.
CypCut software can realize process control only if used with Dog and Control
Card.
CypCut will enter DEMO mode while running on a computer without Dog, so that
you can get all other functions except process control for normal use. Therefore,
CypCut can be installed in a separate notebook for the design before processing.
Please note that this User Manual is only for instructions of main program about
CypCut software.
Please refer to other Manuals or contact us for the details of other tools installed
with CypCut software, such as platform configuration tool.
The Document is drawn up based on Version 6.3.503 of CypCut. As product

functions are being updated, there may be some differences between your product and
the Manual. We will apologize for such inconvenience.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or suggestions you may have.
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The operation of the machine and the effect of laser cutting is directly related
to the materials to be cut, the laser used, the gas used, air pressure and the
parameters you have set. Please set the parameters seriously and cautiously
based on the requirements of your cutting process.
The inappropriate parameter setting and operation may result in the reduction
of cutting effect, damage to laser head or other machine parts or even personal
injury. CypCut laser cutting control system has tried to provide a variety of
protective measures, and laser equipment manufacturers/end users should
comply with the operating rules in case of injury accidents.
The company will not assume any direct, indirect, incidental and/or resulting
losses or responsibilities caused by improper use of the Manual or the product.
Contents
I. Quickstart ............................................................................................................. 0
1.1 Features............................................................................................................. 0
1.2 Obtaining and Installing the Software ........................................................ 1
1.3 Starting to use ................................................................................................... 2
1. Desktop Shortcut .......................................................................................... 2
2. User Interface ............................................................................................... 2
3. Toolbar ....................................................................................................... 4
4. File Menu.................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Operation Process ............................................................................................. 7
1. Import Graphics ............................................................................................ 7
2. Preprocessing ............................................................................................ 8
5. Inspection before Processing ....................................................................... 9
6. Actual Processing ....................................................................................... 10
II. Graphical Operation........................................................................................... 11
2.1 Graphical Display Effect .................................................................................. 12
2.2 Selection of Graphics ...................................................................................... 13
2.3 Geometric Transformation .............................................................................. 13
1. Size Transformation ................................................................................... 14
2. Interactive Geometric Transformation ....................................................... 15
3. Quick Translation and Copy ..................................................................... 16
2.4 Input of Coordinates and Parameters.............................................................. 17
2.5 Automatic Adsorption ...................................................................................... 17
2.6 Text Input ........................................................................................................ 18
2.7 Graphical Optimization .................................................................................... 18
1. Smooth ........................................................................................................ 19
2. Split ............................................................................................................. 19
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3. Connect Near .............................................................................................. 19
4. Remove Tiny Objects ................................................................................. 20
5. Remove Duplicated Curves ........................................................................ 20
III. Technical Parameters ............................................................................. 21
3.1 Lead lines ........................................................................................................ 21
1. Distinguish Overcast Cut and Yang Cut ..................................................... 21
2. Automatic Lead Lines .............................................................................. 21
2. Set Leadin Manually................................................................................. 23
4. Check the Lead ........................................................................................... 23
5. Lead Seal Over Cut, Lead Seal Gap and Lead Seal ................................... 23
3.2 Cutting Compensation .............................................................................. 24
3.3 Micro Joint ....................................................................................................... 24
3.4 Group ............................................................................................................... 25
1. Sorting of Group ......................................................................................... 26
2. Processing of Group ................................................................................ 27
3.5 Coedge ............................................................................................................ 27
1. Coedge Automatic Adsorption .................................................................... 28
2. Compensated Coedge ................................................................................. 28
3.6 Bridge .............................................................................................................. 28
3.7 Layer Parameters ..................................................................................... 29
1. Descriptions of Parameters ........................................................................ 30
2. Adjustment of Speed Following Power ...................................................... 33
3. Punching Ways ........................................................................................... 33
4. Prepunching ................................................................................................ 35
5. Material Lib ................................................................................................ 35
3.8 Sorting and Path Planning ............................................................................... 35
1. Order Preview ............................................................................................ 36

2. Manual Sorting ............................................................................................ 37
3. Partition Sorting.......................................................................................... 38
4. Simulation Processing................................................................................. 39
IV. Work Control .................................................................................................... 39
4.1 Coordinate System .......................................................................................... 39
1. Mechanical Coordinate System .................................................................. 40
2. Program Coordinate System ....................................................................... 40
3. Searching Zero Point after Exception Occurs ............................................ 41
4.2 Alarms ............................................................................................................. 41
4.3 Manual Testing ................................................................................................ 42
4.4 Soft Limit Protection ....................................................................................... 43
4.5 Walk ................................................................................................................. 43
4.6 Processing and Dry Cut................................................................................... 44
4.7 Stop, Pause and Resume ................................................................................. 45
4.8 Breakpoint Memory ......................................................................................... 46
4.9 Processing from Any Location ........................................................................ 46
4.10 Global Parameters ......................................................................................... 47
1. Descriptions of Parameters ........................................................................ 47
2. S-shaped Acceleration and Deceleration ................................................... 49
V. Appendix ........................................................................................................... 50
5.1 Example of Coedge Nesting ............................................................................ 50
5.2 Adjustment of Motion Parameters .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
1. Parameter Range ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
2. Parameter Determination............................................................................ 54
3. Settings of Lost Motion Parameters ........................................................... 56
4. Integrated Debugging ................................................................................. 56
5.3 Shortcut Key ............................................................................................. 56

CypCut Laser Cutting Control System 0
I. Quickstart
1.1 Features
Supports AI, DXF, PLT, Gerber and other graphic data formats, and accept the
international standard G code generated by Mater Cam, Type3, Wentai and
other software.
To conduct automatic optimization when opening / importing DXF and other

external files, including: to remove repetitive lines, merger connected lines,
remove tiny graphics as well as automatically distinguish inside and outside
dies and conduct sorting. Automatic optimization process can be defined, and
the above each function can also be carried out manually.
To support common editing and typesetting functions, including: zooming in

and zooming out, rotation, alignment, copying, combination, smoothness and
connection and so on.
To use the easiest way to set the lead, slotted compensation, micro connection,
bridge connection, over cut, lead seal gap and so on.
To distinguish the overcast cut and yang cut, determine the direction of slotted
compensation in accordance with the overcast cut and yang cut, and check the
led.
To support curve splitting and connection, curve smoothness, text-to-curve,

component integration and exploding.
With Flexible automatic sorting and manual sorting functions, to support the
function to fix the processing order through group.
With particular browsing capabilities of processing order, to check the

processing order in a more interactive way than that of imitation.
To support poly punching and incremental punching, pre-punching. To support

the settings of separate laser power, frequency, laser form, type of gas, air
pressure and following height for punching process and cutting process.
To support the speed capacity control and set separate lead velocity.
With Powerful material library functions, to keep all processing parameters so

that it can be provided again for the same material.
With processing breakpoint memory, to trace the breakpoint forwards and

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backwards; to process some graphics.
To be able to be positioned to any point in the process of stop or temporary

stop; to start processing from any position.
The same set of software supports round pipe cutting and plane cutting, and
the way of programming is exactly the same; to support intersecting line
cutting.
To support Covercut, auto seek edge, cutter starting and cutter lifting1.
With powerful expansion capacity, as much as 15 PLC process edit and more
than 30 programmable process.
Programmable input and output outlet, programmable alarm input 2
To support the remote control of the system through wireless teachbox and
Ethernet3.
1.2 Obtaining and Installing the Software

You can contact the supplier or customer service staff to obtain the software
installation program.
Before installing the software, please check whether your system meets the
following minimum requirements.
The operating system should be above Windows 2000.
CPU with basic frequency above 1.0G
The memory should be 512Mb at least.
The VGA monitor should be more than 15 inches with a resolution of more than
1024*768. And it would be better to use 32-bit true color display.
There should be two USB interfaces at least.
If your operating system is vista-based (including Windows Vista, Windows 7,

Windows 8, Windows 2008 Server), please run the system as an administrator
as much as possible in order to avoid the possible errors,
After completing the inspection, you can start to install the software. You can just run
the installer directly. If you want to install the program in Vista-based operating
system, you should have administrator permission so that it can run.
In order to prevent the program files from being modified during the installation
process and ensure the normal installation of all drives, please close 360 security
guards and anti-virus software in the system. Note: 360 security guards cannot
guarantee that there are no viruses in the computer. If the computer has been infected
by the viruses, while 360 security guards are running, it may point out that CypCut is a
virus, and then cause CypCut not to run normally.
1.3 Starting to use
1. Desktop Shortcut
After installation, an icon shown on the right will appear on the desktop. The CypCut
laser cutting control system will run after double clicking this icon.
Please check whether the dongle has been inserted into the USB interface with
normal operation before running CypCut. If the dongle detection fails, the system will
enter DEMO mode, and you can use all other functions normally except the process
control.
2. User Interface
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The figure with black background in the center of the interface is the Drawing Board;
while the white frame with shadows represents the machine breadth, and it displays
with grey grids. The staff gauges at the top and the left of the drawing area and the
grey grids will change with the zooming of the views, and in this way they can provide
references for drawing.
Above the interface from top to bottom one by one are Title Bar, Menu Bar and
Toolbar. The toolbar is arranged with very obvious large icons in grouping and most of
the common functions can be found here. The menu bar includes the menu “File” and
four toolbar menus, namely “Start”, “Drawing”, “Numerical control” and “View”, and
toolbar display can be switched through selecting these four menus. There is a toolbar
called “Quick Access Bar” at the left of the title bar, which can be used for fast
creating, opening and saving a file; besides, undo and redo commands can also be
finished quickly here.
At the left of the interface is “Drawing Toolbar”, which is called directly “Left
Toolbar” in the following instructions. It provides the basic drawing functions, and the
first five buttons are used to switch the graphics mode, which includes selecting, node
editing, order editing, dragging and zooming. The following other buttons respectively
correspond to a graph and a new graph can be inserted in the drawing board by clicking
these buttons.
At the right of the drawing area is “Layer Toolbar”, which is called directly “Right
Toolbar” in the following introduction. It includes a “Layer” button and sixteen color
square buttons. “Layer” dialog box can be opened by clicking the “Layer” button, and
then most of the parameters can be set. Each of the sixteen color square buttons
corresponds to a layer, and when a graph is selected, the selected graph can be moved
to the specified layer by clicking these buttons, when no graphs are selected, it means
to set the default layer for the next drawing by clicking these buttons. The first white
square indicates a special layer. When “Layer 0” is displayed, the graph on this layer
will be shown in white and it cannot be processed.
There are two scrolling displayed text windows below the interface. The left one is
“CAD Command Window”, and you can input CAD instructions or coordinates. The
related prompting messages of all the drawing instructions will be shown here. The
right one is “ System Message Window ” , and other system messages all will be
displayed here except drawing. Each message has time mark and they will be shown in
different colors according to the importance of the message, which includes prompting,
warning, alarming and error and so on.
There is the Status Bar at the bottom of the interface, which can show different
prompting messages according to different operations. There are some commonly used
messages at the right of the status bar, including the location of the mouse, processing
status and the location of the laser head. The last one is the fine-tuning distance
parameter, which can move the graphs quickly by using direction keys. See the
descriptions in related chapters.
The rectangular area at the right of the interface is called “Console”, and most
common operations related to control will be done here. From top to bottom one by one
are choices of coordinate system, manual control, work control, processing options and
processing count. In some versions, off-board cutting control is also included.
3. Toolbar
The toolbar of CypCut uses a style called Ribbon. It puts the common functions by
column and area, and also applies many large-size buttons for easy operation. The
photo below will help you to understand this new toolbar:
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The whole toolbar is divided into four “pages”, which can be selected by the four
menus “Start”, “Drawing”, “Numerical control” and “View”. When selecting text and
other special objects, the pages related to the selected contents will appear.
Furthermore, the page “Being Processed” will appear during processing and it cannot
be switched to other pages before stopping.
The toolbar of each page will be arranged again in multiple “Columns” according to
the functions, such as “View” and “Geometric transformation”. The first buttons of
the general columns are all in large size, and there is a small button“ ” at the lower
right corners of some columns, which is called “Extending Button”, and a related dialog
box can be opened by clicking this button.
Note: there are small triangles below some large-size buttons, which are called
“Drop-down Buttons”, a related “Drop-down Menu” will appear after pressing the
button, and the menu can offer richer operation options. When the mouse is moved to
the top of the button, two obviously different rectangles will appear, the corresponding
function of the button can be directly executed by pressing the upper part of the button,
while a menu can be opened by pressing the lower part of the button.
If you have used Office 2007、Windows 7 or other procedures which use the style
Ribbon before, you may have been very familiar with this arrangement. It does not
matter even if you use it for the first time, and we are sure that you will like this style
soon.
4. File Menu
There is a special menu called “File Menu” at the upper left corner of the toolbar,
and it contains some menu items related to the files. The menu can be opened by
clicking the button “ ” as shown below:

Please note that at the right of the menu the recently used files are listed. While the
files saved by CypCut are marked with the icon“ ” , and in this way it is convenient
for you to find the designed documents of last time.
The “Import” in the menu can be used to import another document to the drawing
board on the basis that the existing graphics are not cleared. If you just would like to
open an external file, please directly use “Open”.
The menu “User Parameters” is used to set some parameters related to the using
habits; and the menu “Parameter Backup” is used by users to backup all parameters as
a compressed file; while the menu “Diagnosis” is used for system diagnosis and
monitoring.
You can see the detailed version information of CypCut software by clicking “About”
at the lower right corner.
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1.4 Operation Process
1. Import Graphics
After clicking the button of opening files “ ” in the quick launch bar at the upper
left corner of the interface, the dialog box of opening files will be popped, and then you
can choose the graphic you need to open. There is a quick preview window at the right
of the opening file dialogue box, and it can help you to find quickly the file you need.
If you hope to draw a part on the spot through CypCut software, please click the
create button “ ”and then draw pictures with the buttons of the drawing toolbar at
the left. See the details in related chapters.

0. Preprocessing
When importing the graphics, CypCut will automatically remove tiny curves and
duplicated lines, combine connected lines well as automatically distinguish the overcast
cut and yang cut and conduct sorting at the same time. And usually you can start to set
technical parameters without other handlings. If the automatic processing cannot meet
your requirements, you can open the menu “ File ” and “ User Parameters ” for
configuration.
Generally the graphics to be processed based on the requirements of software as

closed curves. Therefore, if the files you opened include unclosed curves, the software
will prompt you and the unclosed curves will be displayed in red. However, this function
may be closed. Thus, if you would like to look over the unclosed curves in the drawing
board, you can click the buttons “ ” and “ ” in the toolbar to highlight them. You
can also click the big button “Selection” at the leftmost side of the toolbar, and then
click “Select Unclosed Curve” to choose all of them.
In some cases, you have to split the graphics manually, please click the button
“ ” in the toolbar and then click the mouse in the position where you need to
split. When you need to merge the graphics, please select them and then click the
button “ ”.
3. Technical Parameter
In this step you may use most of the functions of “Technical Parameter” in the
toolbar, and they include setting lead lines, setting compensation and so on. Big size
button “ ” can be used to set lead, and the button side by side “ ”
is used to set lead seal over, lead seal gap or lead seal parameters. The button “”
is used for cutting compensation, while the button“ ” can
insert cantlet micro joint of not cutting into the graphics, and the button “ ”
can reverse a single graph. Clicking the button“ ” and then clicking the
position where you hope to set as the start of the graphics, you can change the start of
the graphics; if you click outside the graphics, and then click on it again, you can draw
a leadin manually.
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You can press Ctrl+A to select all the graphics using quick start tutorial, then click
the button “Lead Lines” and set the parameters of the lead lines, and then click OK. In
this way the software can search suitable positions to add the lead automatically. You
can conduct the Lead Lines Check by clicking the small triangle below the button “Lead
Lines” and selecting “Examine Lead”.
You can set detailed cutting technical parameters by clicking the button “Layer” in
the toolbar at the right. The dialog box “Layer Parameter Settings” contains almost all
the parameters related to the cutting effect, and it can be called up rapidly by pressing
“F6” for fast setting.
4. Lead Planning
In this step the graphics will be sorted as required. You can conduct automatic
sorting by clicking the button “ ”, while you can select the ways of sorting and
control whether it is allowed to change the direction of the graphics during the
automatic sorting by clicking the small triangle under the button,.
If the automatic sorting cannot meet the requirements, you can click the button“ ”
in the toolbar at the left to enter the manual sorting mode, and click the graphics with
mouse one by one, and in this way you can set the working order . You can specify the
order between these two graphics through pressing the mouse and drawing a line from
one graph to another.
You can fix the order of several sorted graphics by selecting them and then clicking
“Group”. The following automatic sorting and manual sorting will not influence the
graphics inside the “Group”, and the “Group” will always work as a whole.
You can conduct automatic sorting for the graphics within the group by selecting a
“Group” and then clicking the right key.
5. Inspection before Processing
Before the actual cutting, you can check the working route. You can view the
processing order quickly by dragging the interactive preview progress bar as shown
below, and you can view the processing order of the graphics one by one by clicking
the interactive preview button,.
You can simulate process by clicking the button “ ” on the console,

and you can adjust the speed of the simulation processing through the function
“simulation speed” on the page “ ”.
6. Actual Processing
Please note that this step must be done on the actual machine with the support of
dongle and the control card.
Before formal processing, you need to match the graphics on the screen with the
machine. You can find the relative positional relationship between the upcoming
processing graphics and the machine breadth on the screen by clicking the left button
“ ” above the “Console”. This corresponding relationship is calculated in
accordance with the dock point markers on the screen and the position matches of the
machine laser head. Some common coordinate markers on the screen are shown in the
photo below. When you click “Preview”, the “Dock Point” will be translated to the
“Laser Head Position” and visually parallel move occurs in the graphics on the whole.
If the “Laser Head Position” shown by the red cross cursor does not match the
actual laser head position of the machine, please check whether the position of the
machine origin is correct, and it can be corrected through “Numerical Control”—“Go
Origin”. After previewing, if you find that the graphics are outside the machine breadth
wholly or partially, it means that it may exceed the range of travel during processing.
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You can change the relative relationship between the graphics and the dock points
by clickin g the button “ ” on the toolbar. For example, if the laser head is
at the lower left corner of the upcoming processing workpiece, you can set the lower
left corner as the dock point and so forth.
If there is no error on the screen after checking, you can click the button
“ ” on the “Console”, and the system will control the machine to go around
the outer frame of the upcoming processing graphics so that you can check whether the
working positions are correct. You can also click the button “ ”, and the
machine will run completely without laser along the graphics which will be processed
so that you can check more carefully whether there may be any impropriety in the
processing.
Finally please click the button “ ” to start the formal processing, and
you can click the button “ ” to suspend the processing. During the
suspension, you can control the laser head to go up and down manually, and switch the
laser, gas and so on manually, besides, you can also trace back along the working route
through the buttons “ ”. You can continue to work by clicking
the button “ ”.
You can click the button “” to stop the processing and the laser head may return to
the zero point according to your setting. As long as you do not make any modification,
that is to say, there is no marker “*” on the button“ ”, the system will
allow you to continue the processing from the position of last stopping when you click
the button “Start” again,.
II. Graphical Operation

CypCut provides the common drawing functions, which can be available easily from
the drawing toolbar on the left. The use of these functions is similar to AutoCAD mostly,
and it is very intuitive. Thus, this Manual will not introduce them in details, if you have
any questions, please feel free to contact the customer service staff or Bochu Electron
for help. We will introduce some special graphical operations of CypCut as the software
for laser cutting.
2.1 Graphical Display Effect

The first column of the toolbar “Base Operation” has multiple buttons which can
help to control the display effect, as shown below:
After you click the buttons in the figure above, the display will take effect
immediately and then you can find the changes in the display effect in the drawing
board. Please pay attention to the display changes of the buttons themselves, if the
ground color is light yellow, it shows that the corresponding effect has started;
otherwise, it indicates that the display effect does not start yet. For example, in the on-
state “ ”, the arrow will show the direction of the graphical processing in the
drawing board; while in the off state “ ”, the arrow will disappear.
When a graph is selected, by clicking the button “ ”, the graph will be
shown in the center of the screen. If no graphs are chosen, please just click the button
directly, and the whole graphs will be displayed in the center.
By clicking the button “ ” in the lower right corner of the column, a dialog box will
be opened, and it can conduct more detailed control for the drawing board, including
turning on and off the auto attach keypoints, turning on and off the ruler and controlling
the pick precision of mouse.
The views can be zoomed by scrolling the mouse wheel in the drawing board. By
clicking F3, all the graphs will be shown in the center of the screen. By clicking F4, the
machine breadth range will be displayed in the center, while the selected graph will be
centered in the screen by clicking F5. The above operations can be selected by clicking
the right key of the mouse in the drawing board.
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2.2 Selection of Graphics

CypCut offers a variety of graphical selection methods. The basic operation is “Click
Selection”, and the graphs will be selected just by clicking the mouse above the graph.
Another more common operation is “Box Selection”; by this way, a translucent box can
be formed by dragging the mouse in the screen to select the graphs. There are two
kinds of box selection. When dragging the mouse from left to right, it shows a blue
translucent rectangle with solid line and only the graphs covered completely in the
rectangle box can be selected; when dragging the mouse from right to left, a cyan
translucent rectangle with dotted line will appear and as long as any part of the graph is
in the box, the graph will be selected.
The schematic diagram of these two options is shown below. The left one is the
option from left to right and BC will be selected; while the right one is from right to left,
and ABCD all will be selected. Flexible use of these two methods can help you to
choose the graphs you need in a more convenient way.
No matter it is “Click Selection” or “Box Selection”, if you press “Shift” while

you make a selection, you can add or cancel selected graphics without the need for
clearing the original selection.
When you click the button “Selection”, a drop-down menu will appear, through
which you can conduct senior selection operation, including the selection of unclosed
graphics and similar graphics. Among them, “Select similar curve” allows you to select
all the graphics which looks close to each other on the drawing board. For example, you
may select all the circles with a diameter of 5mmm by selecting a circle with a diameter
of 5mm and then clicking “Select similar curve”.
2.3 Geometric Transformation

The column “Geometric Transformation” of toolbar provides
geometric transformation functions, so most of the commonly used
geometric transformations can be completed only by clicking a
button, for examples: mirror X, mirror Y, rotate for 90°. As shown below:
When you click the small triangle below the button “Size”, and you can open a
drop-down menu, it provides more operations, including rotation and mirror. Such as
showed as the bottom-right graphics:
1. Size Transformation
CypCut provides 7 fast size transformations, which can be completed by the

drop-down menu below the button “Size”. For examples: “100mm” means to zoom
graphics in equal proportion with a width of 100mm, “2 Times” means to zoom
graphics in equal proportion by 2 times.
If you want to input accurate size, please directly click the button “size”, the
following dialog box will appear, then you can input the new size and complete the size
transformation by clicking “OK”.
When the status of lock of the interface is , the length and width are locked
as the proportion of the original graphics. If you want to separately input length and
width, you can cancel the cancel lock status by clicking the button , and then the
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button will become .
“Zoom Center” can determine the location relations between the new graphics
and original graphics after being zoomed. For example, when you select “Upper Left”,
it means that the new graphics and original graphics are aligned in accordance with the
upper left corner after the transformation, and other parts are zoomed by taking the
upper left as a basis.
Note: The lead and slotted compensation set for graphics cannot be transformed at
the same time, and the numerical value of lead and slotted compensation will not change
after the size is changed.
2. Interactive Geometric Transformation
CypCut provides 3 kinds of interactive geometric transformation, including

interactive zooming, rotation and mirror, and you can achieve more detailed geometric
transformation through them. Before doing these operations, you need to firstly select
the operation graphics, click the corresponding menu or button, and then conduct
operations in accordance with the tips at the bottom of the screen.
For example, if you want to rotate a rectangle by taking its lower left corner as a
basis, you can conduct the operations as follows:
1) Firstly, you need to select the rectangle for operation;
2) You need to click the small triangle below the “ Size ” and opening the
drop-down menu, and select “Rotate”, and then there will be a prompt “Please
Specify Base Point” in the lower part of the screen;
3) You need to move the mouse to the lower left corner, and then the mouse will
be automatically absorbed to the lower left corner. As shown below:
4) You need to click the mouse, and then there will be a prompt “Specify Start
Point of Rotation or Input Rotation Angle” at the bottom of the screen;
5) You can complete the operations by directly inputting 45 and then clicking
Enter.
6) If you do not know the angle of rotation in advance but want to rotate the
rectangle to the position aligning with another graphic, please conduct the
following operations from step 5:
7) Please move the mouse to the lower left corner of the rectangle to form a horizontal
line and take it as the start line of rotation. As shown below:
8) You need to click the mouse, and then the screen shall appear the prompt “Please
Specify End Point of Rotation”. Then the graphics will rotate with the mouse when
you move the mouse, and you can complete the operations by clicking the mouse at
the expected end point of rotation.
The operations of interactive zooming and mirror are similar with this, so there is
no further explanation.
3. Quick Translation and Copy
CypCut software allows you to translate the graphics quickly by using the direction
keys. After the graphics are selected, when you press any direction key, the graphics
will be translated to a distance in the corresponding direction, and the distance
parameters can be inputted in the window “ ” at the lower right
corner of the main interface. This function can help you to shift away a graphic
temporarily and quickly, then you can focus on the design of other graphics, and later
you can move it back to the original place rapidly. Since the fine-tune distance
parameters can be controlled precisely, you do not have to worry about the deviation of
the graphical positions.
You can copy the selected graphics by pressing Ctrl and the direction key
concurrently. For example, when you press “ Ctrl + Rightward ” , the selected
graphics will be copied at the position with a distance of 100mm on the right.
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2.4 Input of Coordinates and Parameters

In some cases, you may hope to draw with precise coordinates. And CypCut allows
you to input the coordinates directly and the input format of coordinates is as follows:
<X coordinate><comma,><Y coordinate>. For example, if you would like to input the
coordinates (100, 100), you can only input “100, 100”. And the inputted coordinates
and parameters will be shown in blue.
Most of the drawing operations allow both mouse operation and inputting coordinates
directly. Below is an illustration for drawing a rounded rectangle with a length of
300mm and a width of 200mm and a fillet of 25mm.
1) You need to click the icon “ ”, and then “Please Specify Start Point” will be
prompted on the screen.
2) You need to input the coordinates “0, 0” and press Enter, and then “Please Specify
Cross Point” will be shown on the screen.
3) You need to input the coordinates “300, 200” and press Enter, and then “Please
Specify Corner Radius or [Fillet (F)]” will be shown on the screen.
4) You need to input 50 and press enter. All the operations are completed, as shown
below.
2.5 Automatic Adsorption

Cypcut will provide the functions of automatic adsorption during drawing according
to the needs, including automatic adsorption to the grids, adsorption to the critic points
of the graphics, adsorption to the borders of the graphics and so on.
You can close the functions of automatic adsorption, and the operation steps are as
follows: click the menu “ ”, select “User Parameters”, then select the tab
“ Drawing Board ” in the opened dialog box, and finally cancel the option
“ ”. The precision of automatic adsorption can also be set in the

above dialog box.
2.6 Text Input

CypCut supports text input and text conversion to curve. After clicking the button
“ ” on the drawing toolbar at the left, you can insert text in the position where you
hope by clicking the mouse and the newly inserted text will be selected automatically.
After selecting the text at any moment, a new page “Text” will appear in the
toolbar, and you can modify the content, the style and the size of the text and so on
using it. As shown below:
Please note that once the text is converted to the curves, the above option cannot
be used any longer. If you would like to design a text with specific font and special
effect, please convert it to curves after you design it well.
2.7 Graphical Optimization

When importing the external graphics, CypCut can optimize the graphics
automatically. If you have to optimize them manually, you can use the right functions in
the toolbar. As shown below:
Please select the graphics to be processed, click the corresponding buttons, and
then operate according to the prompts.
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1. Smooth
Please select the polylines to be optimized, then click on the toolbar, a

prompt “please specify fit tolerance” will be shown on the command window. Please
click the mouse directly or input the expected fit tolerance and then press enter.
The contrast between the original curve and the smoothed curve is as shown
below.
2. Split
Split is to divide the closed graphic into two graphics and the user can edit these
two graphics separately. Please click the button “ ”, and then click the mouse
in the position where you need to split. The process of curve split can be carried out
continuously as far as ESC cancels the command or it is switched to other commands.
3. Connect Near
The graphics drawn by using AutoCAD often include the graphs which connect
visually while do not connect actually. Through connecting near, they can be combined.
Please select the graphics to be merged, then click “ ” and input merging
accuracy, lastly confirm the operation.
Note: The end points of the graphics in visual may be not the ones in geometric,
and the excess backtrack lines may exist in the end points, and these graphics need to
be split and deleted firstly through “Split Curve”, and then can be combined.
4. Remove Tiny Objects
Sometimes the imported graphics may include the curves which are visually
imperceptible, which causes the display size to become very small, or move to an
abnormal position when processing. These graphics can be deleted through the
function “Remove Tiny Objects”. You may click the button “Remove Tiny Objects”, set
the size range of the graphics, and then confirm the operation. The graphics smaller
than this size will be deleted and other curves will be retained.
5. Remove Duplicated Curves
This function can be used to delete the visually overlapping lines and only leave
one. You can search and clear all the graphics by clicking “Remove Duplicated Lines”.
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III. Technical Parameters

This chapter will describe the related functions of technical parameters provided
by Cypcut. Because most of the technical parameters have direct relations with the
materials to be cut, the used lasers and air pressure, you need to set the parameters
according to the actual technical requirements. All the parameters mentioned here
including the ones in the graphics should only be used as examples rather than being
considered as guidance parameters.
Warning! The inappropriate or incorrect parameters may result in poor cutting effect
or even damage to the machine, so please set the parameters carefully.
3.1 Lead lines
1. Distinguish Overcast Cut and Yang Cut
When opening the external files such as DXF and so on, CypCut can distinguish
overcast cut and yang cut automatically. If the graphics are modified during editing and
they result in the changes in the relationship between overcast cut and yang cut, you
can click the button “ sort ” when the overcast cut and yang cut need to be
distinguished again, and then any way of sorting can distinguish them.
CypCut distinguishes overcast cut and yang cut in accordance with the surrounded
relations, and it always takes the outermost layer as yang cut, while the next one as
overcast cut, then yang cut and so forth. Besides, an unclosed graphics cannot form a
layer. If you would like to start yang cut from one layer, you can choose all the graphics
from this layer and inside it, group them, and then distinguish overcast cut and yang cut
through “Sort in Group”.
When adding the lead lines, the external layer is yang cut, so it will be led in from
the outside; the internal layer is overcast cut and will be lead in from the inside. When
setting overcast cut and yang cut manually, please select the graphics to be set, and
then click the buttons “ ” on the toolbar.
2. Automatic Lead Lines
Please select the graphics to be set with lead lines, click the icon “ ” on
the toolbar, then set the lead lines parameters in the popped window. As shown below:
The supported lead types include circular arc and straight lines, while the
supported parameters consist of lead type, lead angle and lead length. You can set lead
lines at the same time by clicking the icon “ ” in the above figure.
When you select circular arc leadin, the end of the circular arc needs to keep in
tangent with the graphics to be cut (no matter how big the set angle is). As shown in the
right figure. In fact, the angle set at this moment is an included angle between the
connecting line of the start point and the end point of the lead line and the graphics to
be cut. The leadout lines are similar to it.
Please note that the automatic lead lines will search the graphics to determine the most
appropriate lead position, thus the previous parameters of the graphics such as lead
position and type will be covered.
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2. Set Leadin Manually
You can modify the leanin manually by clicking the button “ ” on the
toolbar. If you click on the graphics, you can change the position of the leadin; however,
you cannot modify the angle and the length.
Firstly please click (point A) outside the graphics, then click (point B) on the
graphics, in this way you can draw a leadin from point A to point B.
4. Check the Lead
You can click the small triangle below the button” Lead Lines”, and then select
“Check Lead” so that you can check the lead lines which are set already. This function
can shorten the leadlines with too much length, and thus prevent them from intersecting
with other graphics.
5. Lead Seal Over Cut, Lead Seal Gap and Lead Seal
The side-by-side buttons in the toolbar of “Technical Parameter” “ ”

are used to set lead seal, lead seal gap, lead seal over cut and the size of “Gaps or over
cut”. Please select the graphics you need to set, and then click the corresponding
buttons. The size set of “Gaps or Over-cut” can only be valid when resetting gaps or
over cut later, and the size which has been set before will remain unchanged.
3.2 Cutting Compensation

Please select the graphics to be compensated, and then click the button
“ ” on the toolbar for cutting compensation.
The cutting width will be obtained in accordance with the actual cutting results.
The compensated track will be shown in white on the drawing board and the system will
run along the compensated track during processing. The compensated original drawing
will not be processed and will be displayed on the drawing board only in order to
facilitate operation.
The direction of cutting compensation can be selected manually. It can also be

judged automatically according to yang cut or overcast cut. Yang cut needs outward
compensation, while overcast cut needs inward compensation.
During the process of cutting compensation, you can select to translate the corner
in the form of round angle or right angle. As shown below:
In the figure the green is the original, the white is the compensated track, and the
light yellow is the vertical lines drawn from the corner. From the figure you can find
that the cutting edges can coincide with the original after both sides of the vertical lines
are compensated, while the corner needs transition. Usually round angle transition can
ensure that the cutting edges can still coincide with the original and run more smoothly
during transition.
In order to clear compensation, please select the needed graphics, then click the
button “clear” and choose “Clear Compensation”.
3.3 Micro Joint

“Micro Joint” can be used to insert a micro joint into the track which will not be cut.
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When cutting to here, the laser will be closed; however, whether closing the gas and
the follower is determined by the related parameters of short-distance vacant move
during cutting. Micro joint is shown as a gap on the drawing board. As shown below:
You can add a micro joint by clicking at the position of the graphics needed to add
micro joints by clicking the button “ ” on the
toolbar,. You can insert multiple micro joints by clicking

continuously until you press ESC to cancel the command or
switch it to other commands. You can not only click on the
graphics but also click on the compensated track to insert
micro joints.
The length parameter of the micro joint can be set by
clicking the button “ ” on the toolbar, and the new
parameters will be valid for the following operations.
Except adding the micro joints manually, CypCut also

provides the function of inserting micro joints automatically.
Users can click the button “ ” , set the
parameters in the popped dialog box, and then confirm it. You can select “adding by
quantity”, for example, you can add ten micro joints to each graphic; or “adding by
distance”; for example, you can insert a micro joint every 100mm.
In order to clear the micro joints, users need to select the needed graphics, then
click the button “Clear” and choose “Clear Micro Joint”.
3.4 Group
“Group” in CypCut refers that multiple graphics and even multiple “Groups” are
combined together to form a “Group”, and the entire “group” will be regarded as a
whole. Within the “Group”, the order, the positional relationship between the graphics
and the layers are all fixed and they will not be influenced during sorting, dragging and
other operations.
Please select the graphics which you need to form a group, and then click the
button
“ ” to combine the selected graphics to a group. If you need to cancel the group,
please select the group, and then click “Cancel” on the toolbar. If you would like to
explode all the groups on the drawing board, please click the small triangle below
“Group”, then select “explode all groups”.
If there is a graphic which can contain all the other graphics in the group, it can be
called the outer contour. The “Group” with outer contour will be regarded as a “Part”.
The “Outer Contour” of the “Part” will be shown in bold on the drawing board.
A “Part” should have “Outer Contour” and “Inner Hole”. And this is the basis of
stock layout between “Part” and “Part”.
Although CypCut software allows you to group any graphics and operate them as a
whole, we still recommend the users to use the function of group “logically” and only
group the graphics which meet the logical conditions of the “part” as much as possible.
From now on we may use these two terms “group” and “part” indiscriminately.
Please note that CypCut software will always group the graphics with “Coedges”
to ensure the integrity of these graphics. Furthermore, the result of bridging one
“Group” with other graphics or “Groups” must be a “Group” and it can also ensure
the integrity of the graphics.
1. Sorting of Group
The part will be regarded as a whole when being sorted, and it will be involved in
sorting with the outer contour or the first graphic as the basis. The graphical order
within the part will not change during sorting.
If you need to sort the graphics within the group without exploding the group, you
can select the group, click the right key, and then choose “Sort in Group”.
The operation of “Sort in Group” will not change the graphical order of the
sub-group within the group. The order of “Sort in Group” only has the relations with
the geometrical properties of the graphics, while no relation with the layer to which it
belongs. During the sorting, it will distinguish overcast cut and yang cut automatically
according to the geometrical containing relations.
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2. Processing of Group
The group (the part) will be considered as a whole during processing, and it will be
finished by continuous work. No other graphics will be inserted during processing.
Even if the group (the part) includes the graphics at multiple layers, it will be processed
successively.
Please note that no matter what the graphical order within the part is, the outer
contour of the part will always be processed finally.
3.5 Coedge
It can save a lot of processing length and improve efficiency by merging the
workpieces with same edges. In CypCut, when the boundary distance between two
graphics is less than 0.1mm, the two graphics can use the same edge. The function of
automatic adsorption provided by CypCut will drag these two graphics together for
coedging.
After selecting two or more graphics which you need to coedge and then clicking
the button “ ” on the toolbar, CypCut will try to coedge the selected graphics. If
the selected graphics cannot meet the conditions of coedge, the window “ CAD
messages” at the lower left corner of the interface will display a prompted message.
At present CypCut only supports to coedge the four sides of the graphics, and it
cannot coedge the straight lines of the recesses within the graphics.
The graphics involved in coedging will be combined to form a “Group” after

coedging. If they meet the requirement of the “Part”, the frames of them will be shown
in bold like the right figure.
If the graphics involved in coedging include other graphics such as small holes,
please combine the graphics and all the interior graphics together to form a group
firstly, then coedge them; otherwise, the relationship
between the interior graphics and the coedged group
will become meaningless, and it will be difficult to
determine the processing order and the relations of the
internal and external dies
1. Coedge Automatic Adsorption
In CypCut, when you drag the graphics to the position where you may coedge them,
CypCut will try to adsorb automatically and display the corresponding prompted
message. You can drag together the two graphics which you need to coedge very easily,
and the function of automatic adsorption will help you to locate them quickly when they
become close to each other. Even when you select many graphics and drag them
together, it can also locate them rapidly.
Once the two graphics are dragged together and they have the same edges, you
can finish the coedges just by clicking the button “Coedge”. If you would like to
disconnect and continue to edit the coedged “Part”, or set their order, please select
“Part”, and then click “Cancel Group” on the toolbar. You can combine them again
through the button “Group” after editing.
2. Compensated Coedge
If you hope to still retain the cutting compensation after coedging, firstly please
compensate the graphics which you need to coedge, and then coedge them. In any case,
“Coedge” will keep the processing track unchanged. If the coedged graphics contain
compensation, the compensated track will be retained after “Coedge” and the original
will disappear. As shown below.
In fact, in the figure above, the original A cannot be coedged with the graphic B, and
only the compensated track P can be coedged with it. Even if you move the graphic B to
the position near to the original A, you still cannot coedge them because it is not the
track to be processed.
3.6 Bridge
When a workpiece consists of many parts and you do not hope to scatter them after
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cutting, you can connect them through “Bridge”. Besides, this function can also reduce
the punch count. Multiple use of the function “Bridge” can also achieve the effect of
“One-stroke” for all the graphics.
To bridge two graphics, please click the button “ ”, and then draw a line on
the screen. And all the graphics intersected with it will be bridged together two by two.
As shown below:
Bridge needs to specify two parameters. The first parameter specifies the
maximum distance between two adjacent curves, and you can bridge them when the
distance between two graphics is less than the specified parameter. The second
parameter specifies the width of bridge.
Please note that the graphics will become a whole after bridging. Maybe any part
will not be cut before completing the “One-stroke” cutting, so you need to pay more
attention to the change of the heat affecting.
3.7 Layer Parameters
CypCut provides fifteen layers and every layer can set separately the technical
parameters such as move speed, laser power, pressure, cut height and so on.
You can open the dialog box “Layer Parameter Setting” by clicking the button
“ Layer ” on the toolbar. This dialog box includes almost all the technical
parameters required for processing. The first page of the dialog box is “ Global
parameters” and they are used to control the parameters outside the layers such as
vacant move speed, burst power and so on; besides, you can also choose the speed and
acceleration units. The other pages of the dialog box list all the currently used layers,
and you can set the parameters of this layer separately by clicking every layer. You can
change the order among the layers by pressing the button “Layer*” with the mouse
and dragging it, and the layer arrayed in the front will be processed firstly.
Note: Different options may be displayed in the dialog “Layer Parameter Setting”
due to different lasers, different gas pipeline configurations and different followers.
The following figure is only used for reference, and the actual contents displayed in
your software shall be taken as the criterion.
1. Descriptions of Parameters
The brief descriptions of some parameters in the layers are as follows.
Technical Parameters
Cutting Speed Set the actual target speed of cutting. There are
acceleration and deceleration at the first and last sections
as well as the corners of cutting track, so the actual cutting
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speed is often less than the speed.
Punching Time Time required for punching the cut board. Set the time
according to the thickness and material of actual board (Set
the parameter to a small value or 0 during incremental
punching).
Lift Height Set the lift height of laser head after cutting a segment of
curve. Z-axis will lift to a certain height after suspending
the cutting, and the height is lift height.
Peak Current Set the peak current of fiber laser, i.e., diode power. Peak
power determines the maximum cutting power that
machines can reach. As for a cutting machine with a power
of 500W, if its diode current is set to be 80%, the diode
power it can reach during cutting is 500W * 80% = 400W.
Cutting Type
Direct Cutting Punching and cutting use the same parameters, which are
commonly used for thin board cutting.
Multiple Punching Punching and cutting use the same parameters, which are
commonly used for thick board cutting.
Incremental Punching Based on multiple punching, the punching method of

variable defocusing amount is used, i.e., slowly fall when
punching, and this method is commonly used for thick board
cutting. During multiple punching, the punching time can be
set to be a small value, such as 100MS. At this time, actual
punching time = 100MS + the time required for slowly
falling to the cutting height from the punching height.
Cutting Parameters
Cutting Power Set the laser power used in cutting, i.e., the duty ratio of
PWM modulation signal.
Cutting Height Set the height from the laser head to the board during
cutting.
Cutting Pressure Set the pressure of auxiliary gas during cutting, and use it
with proportional valves or multiple valves.
Cutting Frequency Set the carrier frequency of PWM modulation signal during
cutting, i.e., the laser number within one second. The larger
the value is, the more continuous the laser.
Cutting Gas Set the type of auxiliary gas used in cutting.
Punching Parameters
Incremental Speed Set the speed for slowing falling down to the cutting height
from punching height when using incremental speed.
Punching Power Set the laser power used in punching, i.e., duty ratio of
PWM modulation signals.
Punching Height Set the height from laser head to board during punching.
Punching Gas Set the pressure of auxiliary gas during punching, and use it
with proportional valves or multiple valves.
Punching Frequency Set the carrier frequency of PWM modulation signal during
punching. Generally, low frequency is used during
punching, and pulse punching is used to avoid burst.
Punching Gas Set the type of auxiliary used during punching.
Other parameters
Short Move Using A

Separate Laser
Parameters
Disable Follow Not use follower for following movement during cutting.
Enable Dynamic After starting the function, the system will conduct
Power Adjusting real-time adjustment for the laser power (duty ratio of
PWM) according to the actual cutting speed, so as to
provide a great help for improving the cutting quality of
optimized corner.
Lead In and Lead Out
Lead In Speed Set the processing speed of leadin. The processing speed
will become effective after being selected, and cutting
speed will be used when not being selected.
Lead Out Speed Set the processing speed of leadout. The processing speed
will become effective when being selected, and cutting
speed will be used when not being selected.
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2. Adjustment of Speed Following Power
After selecting “ ”, the cutting power will vary with the

changes in speed in the cutting process, and the specific changes are determined by the
power curve. The power curve can be dragged and edited by using mouse.
The X-coordinate of power curve represents cutting speed, while the

Y-coordinate represents cutting power, with a unit of percentage. The table reflects
the percentage of actual power in cutting power when the actual movement reaches the
turning and the speed drops to a few percent of target speed.
As shown below, if the laser power is 500W, after setting the cutting speed to be
100mm/s, peak current to be 90% and cutting power to be 80%, when the actual cutting
speed drops down to 40mm/s, namely the red marker point, the power of laser is as
follows:
500W X 90% X 80% X 62.43% = 223.75W
Laser power X Peak current (percentage) X Cutting power (percentage) X Speed

following power (percentage) = 500W X 90% X 80% X 62.43% = 223.75W
However, the power cannot be less than a pre-set minimum value, anyhow.
Generally, it is set to be 10%, i.e., 50W.
If “ ” is not selected, the power will remain unchanged

in the cutting process. Referring the above example as a reference, the power in the
cutting process is as follows: 500W X 90% X 80% = 360W
3. Punching Ways
CypCut presets three punching ways, namely direct cutting, multiple punching and
incremental punching. Multiple punching and the incremental punching can be achieved
only with the support of BCS100 follower. The specific processes of these three
punching ways will be controlled by the preset PLC process. According to the default
settings, the punching process of “Direct Cutting” is as follows:
The processes of “ Multiple punching ” and “ Incremental punching ” are as

follows:
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4. Prepunching
After selecting “ ”, it will punch firstly at all the needed positions

when processing this layer. The punching way will be specified by
“ ” in the layer. We do not recommend users to use
“Direct Cutting”, because after completing the prepunching, another punching still will
be performed when cutting and it is the punching process of “Direct Cutting”.
5. Material Lib
After editing all the parameters of the layers, you can save them to the material lib
for the next use. You can save them to the material lib by clicking the button “ ”
and inputting the file name,. We recommend the user to set the file names by using the
material properties as the name, such as 2mm carbon steel.
When you need to use the material lib next time, please click the button “ ”,
and then select the file saved previously. CypCut will prompt you “Whether Covering
the Current Parameters”, and the system will import the parameters in material lib
automatically when you click “Yes”; if you click “No”, the system will cancel the
reading operation.
3.8 Sorting and Path Planning

Most of the functions of the path sorting can be found in “Sort” on the toolbar. As
shown below:
If the window of CypCut is too small, you may not be able to see the entire toolbar
as shown in the above figure on the page “Start” of the toolbar. In this case, you can
find the column shown below in the page “Drawing” of the toolbar. It includes all the
functions listed in the above figure, furthermore, there are tools for graphical alignment
at the top. See the figure below:
As for the rules of group sort, please see the chapter “Group”. If there is no special
requirement, we recommend you to select the way of “Grid Sorting”.
1. Order Preview
You can preview the processing order by dragging the progress bar “Graphical
Order Preview” or clicking the button “ ”. The figure below demonstrates a

screen when previewing the parts.
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The order preview is fully interactive and it can be more easily controlled than
simulation processing. You can also zoom in the position where you would like to
observe carefully and preview forward and backward repeatedly. All the lost motion
paths will be shown by clicking the button “ ” on the toolbar, and they will help you
to look over the whole processing order. See the contents in the chapter “Graphical
Display Effect”.
2. Manual Sorting
If you would like to fine-tune the results of the automatic sort, you can use the
manual sorting. Firstly please select the graphics to be adjusted, and then click the
buttons in the icon “ ”. The functions of the four buttons from left to right
are as follows:
Moving to the first Moving the selected graphic to the first one for processing
Moving to the last Moving the selected graphics to the last one for processing
Moving to the Moving the processing order of the selected graphic forwards
prior
Moving to the next Moving the processing order of the selected graphics
backwards
Note: no matter how you move the graphics, the order of the graphics can only
change within the layers to which they belong. The overall order between the layers
can be adjusted in the dialog box “Layer Parameter Setting”. See the chapter “Layer
Parameters”.
Except the manual sort of fine-tuning, you can also perform the manual sort more
intuitively through “Manual Sorting Mode”. The system will enter the “Manual Sorting
Mode” after you click the button “ ” on the left toolbar of the main interface. The
lost motion path and the digital display of the graphical order will be opened
automatically on the screen. According to your expected order, the processing order of
the graphics will be set after you click with the mouse one by one. If click an incorrect
position by mistake, you just need to click again from the incorrect position or cancel
the operation with the right key. If you just would like to adjust the order between two
graphics, you can hold the mouse and draw a line from one graphic to another, and then
you can set the order between these two graphics. As shown in the figure at right.
3. Partition Sorting
After completing sorting the order of one part,

if you hope to fix it, you can select the graphics
needed to fix the order and then click “Group”.
After that, the order between them will maintain
unchanged; besides, the subsequent manual
sorting and automatic sorting will not influence
the interior of the group. Note: after grouping, all
the graphics within the group will be finished by
continuous work from the first to the last,
meanwhile, the graphics which are not included in the group will not be processed.
If you just would like to perform automatic sort for part of the graphics without
influencing other parts, you can also complete it through grouping. Please select the
graphics needed to be sorted automatically, click “Group”, and then click “Group”
with the right key, lastly select “Sort in Group”.
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4. Simulation Processing
After finishing the sorting, you can simulate completely the process of the entire
file through simulation processing, and it can be done without the machine. In the
simulation processing, you can see not only the order between the graphics but also the
process within the graphics.
You can start simulation by clicking the button “ ” on the console. The
toolbar will jump automatically to the page “Numerical Control”, and the first column of
the page “Numerical Control” can adjust the speed of the simulation processing. As
shown below.
IV. Work Control

CypCut is a set of software combining design and work control together. As
mentioned above, all the graphics and the parameters can be prepared without the
machine tool, the files can be saved after finishing all the design, and then they can be
copied to the machine tool for processing.
4.1 Coordinate System

The “Model Coordinate System” used in the graphical design has no relation with
the machine, and its zero point is marked by “ ” on the screen. However, the
coordinate system used in the processing is related to the operating status of the
machine. The correspondence of these two coordinate systems is shown as below.
The positional relation between the graphics and the machine tool breadth will be
displayed on the screen after you click the button “preview” on the console.
1. Mechanical Coordinate System
The mechanical coordinate system is uniquely determined by the machine

structure and the machine parameters. At any time all the coordinate systems set
through “Return Origin” are consistent with each other. You can reset the mechanical
coordinate system through “Return Origin” after completing the initial installation or
when the mechanical coordinate system deviates because of the abnormal reasons.
No matter which kind of mechanical structure is used, the definitions of CypCut for
the coordinate systems are always consistent with each other. All the moves are the
moves of the laser head relative to the workpiece. If the laser head is rightward, it is X
positive direction; however, if the laser head is backward, it will be Y positive direction.
That is to say, the lower left corner of the workpiece (steel plate) is the minimum
coordinate, while the upper right corner is the maximum coordinate.
2. Program Coordinate System
Because the coordinate system of machine tool is

fixed, you need to introduce the workpiece coordinate
system for convenient use. The direction of each
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coordinate axis of all the program coordinate systems in CypCut is fully consistent with
the machine coordinate system. Only the zero point of the coordinate system is
different, and it is called program zero point. The program coordinate system is divided
into the floating coordinate system and the workpiece coordinate system.
The button at the top of the console can be used to select the program coordinate
system, and it can also be used to select “Floating Coordinate System” and ten
“Workpiece Coordinate Systems”.
Usually the floating coordinate system is used for informal processing, and it can
be considered that “Where the laser head moves, it will start to work from there”. The
zero point of its coordinate system is automatically set as the current position of the
laser head when the users click “Walk”, “Dry Cut” or “Work”.
When selecting the workpiece coordinates 1~10, its zero point will be set manually
by the users through “Set the Current Point as the Zero Point”. Once it is set, it will be
saved forever until you reset it next time. Thus the workpiece coordinate system is
suitable for bulk production, and its location is generally decided by the fixture. It can
be maintained that every processing will be performed in the same position of the
machine by using the workpiece coordinate systems 1~10.
3. Searching Zero Point after Exception Occurs
Case one
If the processing is interrupted only due to the exception of external equipments
such as the laser and auxiliary gas, and they do not cause the coordinate system to
deviate, you can click directly “Return Zero” to go to the zero point.
Case Two
If the mechanical coordinate deviates due to suddenly power failure or servo alarm,
we recommend the users to perform “Return Origin”, reset the mechanical coordinate
system, and then click “Return Zero” to find the zero point.
4.2 Alarms
CypCut will monitor all the parts during the running of the machine. Once it
monitors the alarms, it will display immediately the alarm in red title bar and take
measures such as stopping the motion. Before the system alarms are removed, many
operations will be forbidden, and users need to check the machine and operate again
after the alarms are canceled. One example of the alarm is as shown below.
Except the title bar, the “System Message Window” at the lower right corner of
the interface can also display the alarm information. After the alarms are removed, the
red display of the title bar will disappear, however, the information in the “System
Message Window” will be retained. You can look over all the history by double clicking
“System Message Window”, so that you can find out the events happened during the
running of the machine.
In addition to the alarms, if CypCut detects other operation exceptions, it will

display the exceptions in different colors on the “System Message Window” according
to the exception levels, which include warning, reminding, message and so on. This
information will not cause the machine to stop moving, however, it will still suggest you
to pay attention to the information shown by the system in time so that you can take the
necessary measures as soon as possible.
4.3 Manual Testing

The functions of the manual control on the console are shown in the following figure:
The button with the icon “ ” will become “ ” after the corresponding
equipment is opened. You can turn on the laser by pressing the button “Laser”, and you
can turn off the laser by releasing it. You can switch other buttons by pressing them and
not conduct any actions by releasing them. Taking button “Bowing” as an example,
blowing will start after you press the button, and it will stop after you press the button
again. According to the differences of the lasers, the “shutter” may become “ ”
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after pressing the button and this state is read from the laser.
Note: all the button actions need the support of the corresponding parts on the
machine. If the machine is not equipped with these parts, or the platform parameter
configuration is incorrect, some buttons may become invalid.
The current position of the machine tool can be recorded by clicking “ ”,

and the machine can return to the previously recorded position by clicking
“ ” if required later. Six positions can be recorded in total and they will be
selected through “ ”.
4.4 Soft Limit Protection

In order to protect the machine, CypCut is installed internally with the soft limit
protection, which can be turned on and off through the option “ ”
on the console. It is enabled by default.
After the soft limit protection is enabled, if the system detects that the motion may
exceed the travel range, it will prompt “Motion is Out of the Range”, and will not issue
any motion commands to avoid the possible hits. At this moment please check the
positions of the graphics and the machine to ensure that there is no mistake before
operation.
Apart from this, the system will also monitor the machine coordinates in real time
during the motions of the machine. Once they are beyond the soft limits, the system will
alarm at once and then stop all the motions.
Note: the soft limit protection depends on the machine coordinate system. If the
coordinate system is not correct, the protection will also be incorrect. Thus, after the
operations such as abnormal close of the system and modification of the machine
parameters, users need to build the correct machine coordinate system through the
operation “Go Origin”.
4.5 Walk
The laser head will dry cut a rectangle along the frame of the graphic to be
processed by clicking the button “ ” on the console, so that you can

determine the approximate size and position for processing the boards. The speed of
walk can be set in the “Layer Parameter Setting” – “Global Parameters” – “Walk
Around Parameters”.
Note: If you look for the edges of the boards automatically using “Edge Finding”,
the laser head will move along the inclined rectangle during walking, that is to say,
move along the actual frame which is corrected by the “Edge Seek”. See the Chapter
“Edge Seek” for the details.
4.6 Processing and Dry Cut
You can start processing by clicking the button “ ” on the console.

During the processing the monitoring screen will be displayed as below. It includes the
information such as the coordinates, the speed, work time, follow height and so on.
When displaying the screen above, it cannot be switched to other pages of the
toolbar, in order to prevent from modifying the graphics during the processing.
However, the menu “File” can still be used. If you need to modify the parameters
during the processing, please pause firstly, and then click the button “Layer” on the
right toolbar of the interface.
You can perform the operation of dry cut by clicking the button “ ” on
the console. The difference between dry cut and the actual processing lies in that dry
cut can select whether to follow without the need for turning on laser or gas. However,
all the running tracks, including the lost motion, speed, process of acceleration and
deceleration of “Prepunching”, are exactly same to the actual processing. You can also
perform the same operations of pause, continue, forward and backward; besides, the
breakpoint memory after stopping is identical to that of the actual processing;
furthermore, you can modify the parameters after pausing, and then continue the
operation of dry cut. Thus dry cut can be used for the comprehensive inspection and
simulation of the whole processing without cutting.
If you would like to open “ Follow ” during the dry cut, please select
“ ” in “ Layer Parameter Setting ” – “ Global Parameters ” –
“Advanced”. In the default condition it will not open “Follow” during the dry cut.
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By default, it will return to the zero point automatically after completing the
processing. If you would like to return to other position after the processing, please
select the needed position on the console. The supported positions include zero point,
start point, end point, origin point and specified
point. Cancelling “ ”
is equal to returning to the “End Point”, that is

to say, the laser will not move after the
processing. If you use the “ Floating
Coordinate System”, we recommend you to
return to the zero point after the processing. If you hope to return to the specified point
after the processing, please jog to the position where you hope to return, and then
select “Select the Specified Point…” and confirm it.
Every time when the processing is finished, the process count on the console will
add 1, and when it reaches the preset times, a dialog box will be popped to prompt so
that you can control the production. You can clear the counts by clicking the button
“ ”. If you need loop work, please click the button “ ”.
4.7 Stop, Pause and Resume
If you need to stop the processing, please click the button “ ” on the toolbar or
the button “ ” on the console. After stopping, the machine will return to the
zero point. If you do not hope to go back to the zero point, please cancel the selection
of option “ ” on the console.
If you pause the processing, please click the button “ ” on the toolbar or the
button “ ” on the console. After pausing, you can modify the parameters by
clicking the button “Layer” on the right toolbar; besides, you can operate partial
functions of the manual control on the console, including laser burst, switching the gas
and switching the follow. However, you cannot make the machine move.
If you need to continue to work, please click the button “ ” on the toolbar or the
button “ ” on the console. If the parameters are modified during the pause,
the button “Continue” will be marked with “*”, which indicates that the system needs
to rebuild the processing commands. According to the size of the files to be processed,
you may need to wait a while if you click the button “Continue” at this moment.
During the pause, you click the button “ ” or the button “ ”

so that the machine can move backward or forward along the processing track. The
distance and the speed of every motion can be set through the button
“ ” on the console.
4.8 Breakpoint Memory

If the processing stops or suspends due to accidents, the system will keep
breakpoint memory. As long as the graphics or the parameters are not modified, the
system will ask you whether to continue to work from the position whether it stopped
last time when clicking “Start” next time. As shown below:
Only when the start button is in the state “ ”, the dialog box above will
appear. If the starting button becomes the state “ ” with “*”, the machine
will start to work directly from the starting point by clicking the button.
4.9 Processing from Any Location

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CypCut support the function to start processing from any

specified position. Users can right-click the location where you
want to start, and then select “Processing from Here”. As shown
in the right figure.
For safety reasons, the system will pop-up a dialog box and
requires reconfirmation after selecting “Processing from Here”.
After confirmation, the system will move to the location you
specify and then start processing from there, and the tracks in
front of the specified location will not be processed.
If you want to first position it to the specified location but do not start processing,
please select “Positioning Here”, so that the system will move to the specified location
and then go into the suspended state.
You can right-click the place for many times and select “Positioning Here”, until
the operation is confirmed. You can also conduct positioning in a more precise manner
through “ ” and “ ”.
4.10 Global Parameters

Some movement control parameters are provided in the tab “Global Parameters”
of dialog box “Layer Parameter Adjustment” for adjustment. The adjustment of these
parameters will influence the smoothness of mechanical running as well as processing
effect and efficiency.
1. Descriptions of Parameters
Some parameters of tab “Global Parameters” are list in the table below.
Motion Parameters
Lost Motion Speed Speed during lost motion (not the speed during processing).
Working Speed Speed of walking.
Lost Motion The maximum acceleration of each shaft during lost motion.
Acceleration It needs to be used with move speed.
Processing The maximum acceleration of each shaft during track

Acceleration processing. It needs to be used with processing speed.
Turning Acceleration The maximum allowable acceleration at the path turning

during track processing. It is used to limit the turning speed
at the corner of greater than 90 degrees. The turning speed
of smaller than 90 degrees will be reduced to zero.
Turning Jerk The maximum acceleration when curvature of smooth

curve changes sharply during track processing (such as
runway type, which has the transition from the arch to a
straight line). It is used to limit the mechanic shock of
smooth curve in the case of abrupt curvature changes.
Processing Jerk Change rate of acceleration at Segment S of S-type

acceleration and deceleration during track processing. The
smaller the value is, the smaller the mechanical shock
during track movement is and the smaller the acceleration
is. Conversely, the greater the value is, the greater the
mechanical shock during track movement is and the greater
the acceleration is.
Lost Motion Jerk Change rate of acceleration at Segment S of S-type

acceleration and deceleration during lost motion. The
smaller the value is, the smaller the mechanical shock
during movement is and the smaller the acceleration is.
Conversely, the greater the value is, the greater the
mechanical shock during lost motion is and the greater the
acceleration is.
Speed of 10mm It is used to limit the speeds of the figures with small arcs
Reference Circle and curvature.
Default Parameters
PWM Frequency PWM frequency used by laser in manual mode
Default Peak Current Peak current used by laser in manual mode
Default Pressure Air pressure used in manual mode
Delay for Gas On Delay time used in step “Delay for Gas On” of PLC during
punching
Delay for Retracting Delay time for retracting when using IO follower in manual
mode
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Advanced Parameters
Fitting Frequency of Fitting precision when converting Spline / Bezier to straight

Curve line for processing
Maximum Lost Motion If “Short Move Using A Separate Laser Parameters” is

Length for Short checked, when lost motion length is less than this length,
Move without Lifting the laser needs to be shut down without lifting. The specific
process is determined by Laser off process for short move.
Using Leapfrog Lift After Z-coordinate lifts to the mid height, X-coordinate and
Y-coordinate begin lost motion, so as to shorten the time of
lost motion.
Unit Selection You can make a selection according to your use habits, and
the units will be switched in the interface.
2. S-shaped Acceleration and Deceleration
Characterized by the advantages of continuous changes of acceleration and torque,

S-shaped acceleration and deceleration is a flexible acceleration and deceleration
algorithm and more suitable for servo motor control. CypCut uses S-shaped
acceleration and deceleration to control the changes in the speed of movement, so as to
achieve a more stable control and better processing effect. The drawing of S-shaped
acceleration and deceleration is as shown below:
When the jerk is approaching infinity, S-shaped acceleration and deceleration is

equivalent to trapezoidal acceleration and deceleration. Jerk embodies torque, so we
should set the jerk in comprehensive consideration of motor characteristics, machine
load and other factors, and we should not seek after speed blindly.
V. Appendix
5.1 Example of Coedge Nesting
Now we demonstrate edge-shared nesting by taking the actual sample of a
customer as an example. Before setting edge-shared function, the manual drawing of
the customer using CAD is as shown at right.
In the drawing, unclosed graphic is shown in red. All the graphics in the drawing are
straight line requiring coedge, and the customer drew it manually with CAD before, so
all the graphics have been drawn as straight lines.
It can be seen from the figure that the original drawing consists of 10 narrow parts
below 6 large parts and narrow workpieces (9x2=18) at right, exactly occupying the
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space a steel plate.
We now first draw 3 parts in the original drawing, and generally the 3 parts are all
from the DXF drawings of customer. As shown below:
Step 1: First select all graphics of each part, respectively

implement “Group”. After grouping, the outer contours of parts
will be shown in bold.
Select Part 1, and then make an array with 3 rows and 2

columns. As shown in the lower right figure.
Select the 6 arrayed parts, and complete coedge for the above 6 parts by clicking
“Coedge”.
After dragging Part 2 to the position close to the top right position of the above
figure, the parts will be automatically adsorbed to the boundary of Part 1 and become
top aligned.
Select Part 2, make an array with 2 rows and 9

columns, and then obtain the figure shown at right.
As shown at right, you can select all 18 Part 2 by

pulling out a pale blue box from the upper left corner of
Part 2 to the lower right corner, while Part 1 will not be
selected.
You can
complete
the coedge
of 18 Part 2
by clicking
“ Coedge ” .
Please note
that the
processing
order of Part
2 must be from right to left, or steel plates will jitter or even deviate due to the lack of
support.
Select coedge Part 2, click the right mouse button, and then select the right-to-left
sorting from the pop-up menu. As shown below:
Attentive user may ask why the coedge needs to be conducted after dragging Part
2 to the boundary of Part 1. They think that it is difficult to conduct selection.
In fact, the order can be exchanged. Here we first conduct coedge for Part 3 and
then drag it to the position below Part 1.
Select Part 3, make an array with 10 rows and 1 column, and then get the following
figure.
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After selecting 10 Part 3 and clicking “Coedge”, the coedge of Part 3 is completed
and they become a whole. As shown below. Please note that the thickness of the lines
is different. Each Part 3 has a bold outline border before coedge, the whole has a bold
outline border after coedge, and the coedged line segments in it are all shown in thin
lines.
When the mouse is suspending above Part 3, corresponding prompt will be

displayed, showing that it is a combination.
Similarly, we need to conduct a sorting for Part 3 from bottom to top, so as to

prevent the steel plates from jittering and deviating due to the lack of support.
When selecting the overall Part 3 after coedge and dragging it to the lower left of
Part 1, the parts will be automatically adsorbed to the boundary of Part 1 and become
left aligned.
Next, select all the graphics to coedge all Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
If you do not want to coedge Part 2 and Part 3 with Part 1, this step can be omitted.
Of course, Part 2 and Part 3 should be slightly dragged from the boundary of Part 1.
When dragging the graphic from the coedge boundary, you can press the space bar
to avoid automatic adsorption, and then the automatic adsorption function will be
temporarily disabled.
It is recommended that users should first estimate the load
status of the system before adjusting the parameters, so as
to facilitate the follow-up parameter setting and
determination. The corresponding relationship between
the load and intertia ratio of t2. Parameter Determination
Determination of Processing Jerk

Method of determination: You can process a rectangle and require that the size of
the rectangle is large enough. Then, you can conduct full acceleration and deceleration,
accelerate it to the processing speed and see whether there are waves in the corner. If
any, it is necessarily to reduce the turning jerk; if not, this parameter can be increased.
Determination of Processing Acceleration

Method of determination: You can process the same rectangle and observe the
moment curve of the servo, and modify the acceleration and keep the moment curve in
the accelerating section not more than 60% generally.
You need to make sure that the settings of the parameter will not cause the vibration of
the machine. If mechanical rigidity is poor, a large cutting deformation may be caused
due to the setting of large acceleration.
This parameter may affect the cutting accuracy of the small circle.
Determination of Turning Acceleration

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Turning acceleration only affects the speed of flex point with an angle of greater
than 90 degrees. When turning is not greater than 90 degree, the speed in the turning
will decelerate to 0, which has no connection with the turning acceleration. The speed
of the upper three turnings in the right figure (see the figures in the right picture) are
affected by the turning a
Method of determination: After determining the processing acceleration and jerk

parameters, you cut a regular hxagon and a regular dodecagon, and reduce the turning
acceleration until there are no waves in the corner.
Determination of Turning Jerk

When the track is smoothly connected and the size and direction of curvature
changes suddenly, the change of moment may be caused. Therefore, it is necessarily to
limit it through “Turning Jerk”.
Method of determination: You can look for some instances, such as flat runway and
snowflake, and then determine whether there are waves after the curve turns at a
corner. Generally, the defaults provided in the “Approximate Range of Parameters”
can meet the requirements.
Determination of the Speed of 10MM Reference Circle

Method of determination: You can draw certain small circles, whose radius are
respectively 10mm, 8mm, 5mm, 3mm and others. You can improve the accuracy of
circle through modifying “the Speed of 10mm Reference Circle”.
If the following phenomena occur during the process of cutting small circles, you
shall adjust them according to the corresponding operations.
Phenomenon Analysis and solutions

Circle Turns into oval 1) The servo response time of X and Y is not consistent
with each other ;
2) Speed feed-forward is not enough.
Deformation in Reduce the processing jerk;

Acceleration Segment
Reduce the processing acceleration.
and Deceleration
segment
Turn into Irregular Reduce the speed of 10mm reference circle.

Polygon
It Could Not be Cut into a Considerate the mechanical reversal clearance and
Circle no Matter How installation errors.
Low the Speed is
3. Settings of Lost Motion Parameters
You can get the lost motion acceleration and lost motion jerk through multiply the
processing acceleration and processing jerk by 1.2-2 times directly. You are only
required to ensure that there is no machine shock and the track precision is not
demanded.
4. Integrated Debugging
To improve the precision: To reduce control error by adjusting servo and motion
parameters and eliminate the track error caused by mechanical vibration; to reduce the
errors of actuators by using thread pitch compensation.
To solve the problem of firing angle: To reduce the acceleration and deceleration
time by increasing the jerk and acceleration; to use real-time power adjustment and
adjust the power curve according to the technological requirements.
5.3 Shortcut Key

The following table lists some of the commonly-used shortcut keys. Some of them
are used in specific conditions and they have been introduced in related chapters, so
there is no need to list them here.
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Shortcut key Effect Service conditions
Ctrl + A Select all the graphics None
Ctrl + C Copy graphics to clipboard Select graphics to be

operated
Ctrl + Shift + C Specify “ Base Point ” and copy Select graphics to be

command operated
Ctrl + O Open the file None
Ctrl + P Show/hide the graphic direction and None

lost motion track
Ctrl + V Paste graphic in the clipboard to the There are copied graphics in
drawing board the clipboard
Ctrl + W Adapt to window None
Ctrl + X Cut the graphics to Windows Select graphics to be

clipboard operated
Ctrl + Y Redo the cancelled orders There are cancelled

commands
Ctrl + Z Cancel the orders just finished There are finished commands
F3 Check all of the graphics None
F4 Check the whole machine range None
F5 Check the graphics in the zone of Select graphics to be

selection operated
F6 Open the dialogue box “ Layer None

Parameter Settings”
F7 Show/hide the processing path None
F8 Show/hide the motion path None
DEL (Delete) Delete the selected graphics Select graphics to be

operated
SPACE (Space) Repeat the last command Last command
can be repeated

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CypCut Laser Cutting Control System

The Document is drawn up based on Version 6.3.503 of CypCut. As product

1.2 Obtaining and Installing the Software ........................................................ 1

1.3 Starting to use ................................................................................................... 2

1. Desktop Shortcut .......................................................................................... 2

2. User Interface ............................................................................................... 2

1.4 Operation Process ............................................................................................. 7

1. Import Graphics ............................................................................................ 7

5. Inspection before Processing ....................................................................... 9

6. Actual Processing ....................................................................................... 10

II. Graphical Operation........................................................................................... 11

2.1 Graphical Display Effect .................................................................................. 12

2.2 Selection of Graphics ...................................................................................... 13

2.3 Geometric Transformation .............................................................................. 13

1. Size Transformation ................................................................................... 14

2. Interactive Geometric Transformation ....................................................... 15

3. Quick Translation and Copy ..................................................................... 16

2.4 Input of Coordinates and Parameters.............................................................. 17

2.5 Automatic Adsorption ...................................................................................... 17

2.6 Text Input ........................................................................................................ 18

2.7 Graphical Optimization .................................................................................... 18

3. Connect Near .............................................................................................. 19

4. Remove Tiny Objects ................................................................................. 20

5. Remove Duplicated Curves ........................................................................ 20

III. Technical Parameters ............................................................................. 21

3.1 Lead lines ........................................................................................................ 21

1. Distinguish Overcast Cut and Yang Cut ..................................................... 21

2. Automatic Lead Lines .............................................................................. 21

2. Set Leadin Manually................................................................................. 23

4. Check the Lead ........................................................................................... 23

3.2 Cutting Compensation .............................................................................. 24

3.3 Micro Joint ....................................................................................................... 24

3.4 Group ............................................................................................................... 25

1. Sorting of Group ......................................................................................... 26

2. Processing of Group ................................................................................ 27

3.5 Coedge ............................................................................................................ 27

1. Coedge Automatic Adsorption .................................................................... 28

2. Compensated Coedge ................................................................................. 28

3.6 Bridge .............................................................................................................. 28

3.7 Layer Parameters ..................................................................................... 29

1. Descriptions of Parameters ........................................................................ 30

2. Adjustment of Speed Following Power ...................................................... 33

3. Punching Ways ........................................................................................... 33

5. Material Lib ................................................................................................ 35

3.8 Sorting and Path Planning ............................................................................... 35

1. Order Preview ............................................................................................ 36

2. Manual Sorting ............................................................................................ 37

IV. Work Control .................................................................................................... 39

4.1 Coordinate System .......................................................................................... 39

1. Mechanical Coordinate System .................................................................. 40

2. Program Coordinate System ....................................................................... 40

3. Searching Zero Point after Exception Occurs ............................................ 41

4.2 Alarms ............................................................................................................. 41

4.3 Manual Testing ................................................................................................ 42

4.4 Soft Limit Protection ....................................................................................... 43

4.5 Walk ................................................................................................................. 43