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1. 21 PRI CT TO DEO O11 21 HON DOT o 22 SET A MACHINE FOR MULTI HEAD NESTING ccceccscescecceccecescesceccscescescescecescescescecescescescssescescseeees 2 BACKUP THE PROFIRST DATABASE EVERY 00000000 01 27 LIST OF NEW SYMBOLS ce eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee tees eee e sese sese see se 23 TECHNICAL SUPPOR D dnb anke ves Sedo 24 PRO www profirst group com Installation We recommend Windows 7 This program is a modern application We recommend using Windows 7 64 bit Professional We test on Windows 7 and XP It may run on Win 98 ME NT4 0 Vista but we give no guarantee and do not test these operating systems Always install in folder suggested by the installation program Local administrator rights are necessary with WIN 2000 XP All USERS need local administrator rights to avoid problem when using the program You need at least complete write read delete rights on the follow installation folder and all sub folder not only at installation but also as user Registry key HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE VB and
2. 42 CHECK CONTOURS FOR OPEN DOUBLE 5 43 EXPLODE BLOCKS TO ORIGIN cccccscccsscccscccscccesscesscesscesscesccesscessseesccesscesseesscesscessseesscesccesseusseuscss 44 PROCEED ELEMENTS WITH THE FILTER 020 2 00 44 CALCULATE THE PRICE OF ELEMENTS FOR QUOTATIONS WITH 22 44 CALCULATION OF THE CUTTING TIME OF A DRAWING 5 5000 45 CHANGE TEXTS WITH OI OBJECT INFORMATION ccccceccscccecccecccccuccesceuceesccessesseescussenccesseussensees 45 lt CTRL gt U FOR TEXT FIELDS FOR 0 00000000000 46 TEXT FIELDS FOR TOLCUT PUNCH AND 0 0400000000 46 e tte ett cc AGE PR Vy MU TEX Ts GENER A WOR RETE 47 EXTRA POWER SELECT FUNCTIONS vseicscassoscccsssweivusscevsceosowadecnsdtessensevnseessaddsseosenssswaducssancosdeeabetswesaesens 48 AUTOMATIC ROUND OF ALL CORNERS OF 6 48 sin SE
3. 21 SELECT ELEMENTS TO FILTERED sccsccscscescecceccsceccesceccscescescescscescescscssescescescesens 21 DRAWING 2 22 LI 22 SL LINE PARALLEL FROM A POINT 0 00000000000000000 INE 24 2 SB ree ete E M 22 LA DRAW A LINE AT AN ANGLE cccccccccecececcccececccscecececesescecececescscecscesesessscucsuscscecesasaseecs 23 onja k TC TANGENT PO TW CIRCLES 23 R2 FE TOLE 23 RECTANGLE WITH CENTRE POINT LENGTH WIDTH 23 PR PO 23 acess nc ices 24 e A2 ARC WITH CENTRE START AND 2 000 0 00 000000 24 A3 ARC WIT THREE POINTS 4 24 4 ARC WITH TWO POINTS AND RADIUS 0 24 3 2 A 24 C2 vances tia 29 54 T2 CIRCLE TANGENTIAL TO TWO CIRCLES
4. 25 T3 CIRCLE TANGENTIAL TO THREE 1 5 25 EP lj BM eee eee 25 LL LINE ARC PARALLEL WITH 26 PL POLY LINE Tc 26 TM W RIPE MULTI LINE TEX T E 26 EDIT FUNCTIONS ISIN IG 28 i EF DELETE TONEXT 0 5 5 T TUS a UU 28 GA JR EER AO NE PINTER SUCTION 5 28 CONVERT LINES 28 ii 28 TRIM SHORT LENGTHEN AN 29 BREAK AN ELEMENT 20 eee en ee HMM 29 FOUNDA 29 ROUND CORNERS ON CONTOUR in 30 PUTA STEPON A ORNER 30 BD A A A O EE 30 ERASE SELECTED 5 30 KEEP PART OUTER AND INNER CONTOURS AND DELETE THE 31 KEEP PART USING A WINDOWS THEN CLICK ON PART AND DELETE 3l CREATE BEOOR west E A E tee auro
5. Rotate Chosen elements are rotated Choose element and confirm with the lt Enter gt button Enter rotation point lf necessary change angle and confirm with the lt Enter gt button There are two other possibilities to define the angle of the rotation Rotate with angle from drawing Enter 0 in the field Angle Now you define the angle with three points Enter the centre point of the angle Enter the start point of the angle Enter the end point of the angle Rotate to turn to minimum rectangle Enter a positive rotation angle The program calculates a rotation angle which creates a minimum rectangle dimension and rotates the drawing with this angle MV Move Chosen elements are moved 35 Choose element and confirm with the lt Enter gt button Enter start point of the movement Enter end point of the movement ri CO Copy Chosen elements are copied from a start point to an end point with the possibility to create several copies Choose element and confirm with the lt Enter gt button Enter start point Enter end point f necessary change the number of copies and confirm with the lt Enter gt button SZ Scale Change of the size of an element You always have to separate the X and Y coordinates with a comma e g 2 2 lt Enter gt For a decimal value enter a point e g 2 3 2 4 lt Enter gt Choose element and confirm with Enter Enter start point
6. CN Trim a corner Trims 2 lines to create a corner 1 Click on this side of a line you want to keep 2 Click on this side of a line you want to keep The lines will be shortened or lengthened automatically so that they build a corner 28 TR Trim Short engthen an element Trims a line to another to build a trunk line Click on line you want to trim Click on the other element close to the first line a BR Break an element Element will be split up between 2 points Click on element 1 Enter or click on first split point 2 Enter or click on second split point hi CH Cuta corner Cut a corner with a specific spacing If necessary change the settings for the spacing and confirm with Enters Click on first element Click on second element First element is shorten with the fist dimension Second element is shorten with the second dimension ni Fl Round a corner f necessary change the radius and confirm with lt gt Click on elements you want to round off ATTENTION Click on this side of the element where the centre point of the radius should be There are 3 types of radius that depend on the algebraic sign 29 JF Round corners on contour Enter the radius e g 10 and choose the contour Enter the parameter and then click on Save 4 GU Put a step on a corner Put a step on a corner with 2 values Enter distances for the first and second element or chan
7. SPP FOE CEPS 38 AIMS OF THE DIMENSION FUNCTIONS ccceccsceccsceccececcececcececececscscescscseececeececeececsceceecscescecesescesesees 38 DIMENSION CIRCLE 2 00 00 01 39 254 40 PSPC DIEING LOIN goto 40 AUTO DIMENSION PART OF THE DRAWING 4 6 40 lt CTRL gt X DELETE AUTO DIMENSION cccccsccssscsscsccscesccesccessenscesscessenscesseessenscuseeuccs 40 5 D DJ 2828 UN EO Jo f T 41 AUTOMATIC DIMENSION OF ANY 1 hee eee een ee eee ie senses ee sees se eese eene 41 FILES ARE SAVED IN THE DXF FORMAT 0cccsccccssccescecseccssccescccesccssccesceceseccsccescccsecsaccascsesseceuceescs 41 COMPATIBILITY TO AUTOCAD ci 41 WINDOWS STANDARD KEYBOARD SETTINGS ccssccsssccscccscccsccesscesscesscesscesscesscesccesscesscessseusseescss 4 DATA REDUCTION WITH THE CA FUNCTION ccccccccscccsccssccnccesccescesccesccuscenccesseussencsesscussenccesseussencees 42 LAYER MANAGEMENT WITH PREVIEW 1 1
8. 22 ROM UR 67 EXAMPLE DRAWING 6 WITHOUT HE LDP 0 cecoscecescececcececcecccecccececeececescecescecescecescscsesceseeceseeees 68 50555 69 PROGRAM STARTS IN TEST MODE ACTIVATION OF THE PROGRAM 020 0000000000000 8 69 screen explanations MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS Ctrl Z Undo or OO Ctrl Y Redo or UU Ctrl N New drawing Ctrl O Open drawing lt Ctrl gt S Save lt Ctrl gt P Print drawing Ctrl Select all ZA Zoom all ZR Zoom reduced ZW Zoom window ZP Zoom previous Z1 Zoom 1 1 PA Zoom pan RD ReDraw Type of entity to be filtered BG Switch background colour DRAWING FUNCTIONS LI Line LL Line Arc parallel to and at a distance SL Line parallel from a point LP Line perpendicular TC Line tangent to two circles R2 Rectangle 2 points RE Rectangle from a centre OB Oval OC Circular oval C2 Circle EP Ellipse A2 Arc with centre and radius A3 Arc with three points A4 Arc with two points and radius T2 Circle tangent to two circles T3 Circle tangent to three lines PR Draw polygon PL Draw polyline Ctrl T Information for TOL Ctrl U Drawing frame IMPORTANT HINTS If you start a drawing position the first drawing element always to th
9. FOr bli Hm qur Linie Startpunkpunktkoordinaten eingeben dann ENTER Absolt Kettenmass Lange VVIMKEL Maus Lange ENTER Ortho 426 65 425 46 gt 18 MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS Ctrl New drawing The old drawing isn t saved automatically and can t be opened again Ctrl Open drawing DXF A drawing in DXF format is opened Open with preview DXF files can be seen in a preview and the wanted file can be opened Ctrl S Save Save drawing as a file Ctrl Print drawing The drawing will be printed Le Ctrl Z or OO Undo Undo the last command Sirg Y or UU Redo Redo the last command ZA Zoom all The whole drawing will be shown if you click on the icon Zoom all Fills the whole screen 7R Zoom reduced The drawing will get smaller Useful after a ZA zoom all to see the bottom margin of a drawing o Z1 Zoom 1 1 Shows the drawing in the view 1 1 q ZW Zoom window Zooms a wanted part window of the drawing Click on first corner start point Click on second corner end point Zoom previous Goes back to the last zoom setting A RD ReDraw Redraw the drawing OPA Pan Move the current window Ctrl A Select all selects all elements of a drawing Press the combination again to reselect all 20 SO Select open or double contours
10. Program settings and all sub keys Adjust screen resolution to at least 800x600 best is 1200 1024 You can change the screen size this way Click with the right mouse button on a free place of your desktop and go to properties settings Here it is possible to change the screen size like wanted Program runs in test mode until special password has been entered After the first installation of the software runs in test mode It is possible to test the software completely in this mode To activate the software click on Password to activate software A serial number unique to this PC will be shown Send this number via email to password tolsoftware com You will receive a password for this PC by return email Enter this password in the field password Now the software is activated for a limited time or activated permanently We remind you that PROfirst is like all commercial software a single user licence Settings in the PEOfirst Database PHROfirst material and machine Database Choose Extras Database in the menu and the following window opens a PROfirst Database Materials Material Machines Here it is possible to manage your material database Add change materials Click in Extras Database on Materials and the following windows opens x Material Material types Thicknesses Description 2 5 Add a material and enter a new material Cli
11. Enter corner point of the radius 23 Oval Draws an oval lf necessary change the angle of the oval and confirm with lt Enter gt Enter middle point of the oval Enter length and diameter A2 Arc with centre start and end point Enter centre point of the arc Enter start point of the arc Enter end point of the arc it is easier to work with polar coordinates o A3 Arc with three points Enter start point of the arc Enter point that is on the arc Enter end point of the arc A4 Arc with two points and radius Enter start and end point of the arc Enter radius of the arc Move the mouse and you will get four possible arcs Click with the mouse to get the wanted arc e OC Circular oval Draws a circular oval Enter centre point of the arc Enter start point of the arc For this take the centre point of the first circle Enter diameter of the small circle and angle of the arc of this circle 24 The angle has to be entered positive and anti clockwise and with incremental coordinates 2 Circle Draws circle if you enter the centre point and the diameter or if you enter the centre point and a point on the circumference Enter centre point of the circle Enter diameter or a point on the circumference of the circle cel T2 Circle tangential to two circles Draws a circle tangential to two other circles f necessary change the diameter and confirm with t
12. machine if you want to cut it Now click on the con Convert lines to arcs mark the text as known and confirm with lt Enter gt Now check again the number of lines and you will realise that the number is clearly lower If you say Yes immediately after Convert curves comprising of lines to arcs when possible you will get a worse result That s why we choose No at this question Now actually it is possible to cut But perhaps you did notice it too we will get problems with the letters A and with the e of PROfirst and TOLsoftware The cuttings will fall out and it is useful to work with micro joints Tip Before you write the text change with F4 to open contours With this setting you will get fewer problems with the cutting because some letters may lead to problems like we have seen 27 EDIT FUNCTIONS i EF DELETE to next intersection Contour will be deleted to the next intersection with another element Click on the part of the element you want to delete Work method Click on that you want to delete Press lt 5 gt button and the help lines will be considered GA KEEP to next intersection Trims a contour to the next intersections Click on the part of the element you want to keep Work method Click on that you want to keep lt Press lt Shift gt button and the help lines will be considered d CA Convert lines to arcs Enter accuracy choose elements and confirm with Enter
13. 1 Click on element Click on element the colour changes to deselect click on it again 2 Select elements which are completely in a window Draw the window with the mouse from left to right 3 Select elements which are only partially in a window Draw the window with the mouse from right to left It is possible to draw one window after the other You can select a complete contour the following way Press lt ALT gt button and click with the mouse on a surface element PROfirst selects all contours which are connected with the clicked element Select a surface element with lt Shift gt button You can select a complete contour the following way Hold lt Shift gt button and click with the mouse on a surface element PROfirst chooses all contours which are connected with the element you clicked on Switch back to viewing the model or Layout of the drawing Click on model or the layout name at the bottom right of the screen to switch back to viewing the original view of the drawing 17 PROfirst Version 7 0 8 18 Mrz 10 C DXFTOL Examples KEEP Skip File Befestigungsplatte f r Gleitlager d File Edit Draw Change Dimensions COM Extras Password to activate software D a tor fie eoo 727 CAD B lt oer 1 co pire We iium AB d bg FF CHAN 1 1 E mur
14. 11 Round corner with radius 20mm Fl Enter radius 20mm 20 lt Enter gt Click on first line Click on second line 12 Delete construction lines OE Click on line 13 Trim arcs EF Click on the arcs you want to delete 14 Auto dimension Screen during step 8 61 Example drawing 3 Typical time 1min 20s 1 Draw circle A C2 Enter centre point 0 0 lt Enter gt Enter diameter 410 lt Enter gt 2 Draw circle B C2 Enter centre point 0 0 lt Enter gt Enter radius 2 255 2 lt Enter gt 3 Draw circle C C2 Enter centre point 0 0 lt Enter gt Enter radius 2 410 2 lt Enter gt 4 Zoom all ZA 5 Draw construction line D Press button to turn to construction mode LI Move cursor to the 12 o clock position of circle C and click on the red point Move cursor to the green centre point of circle C and click on it 6 Draw construction line E Start point of the lines is the centre point of the circle Enter end point in polar coordinates 1042 2 30 lt Enter gt Confirm with Esc or right mouse button 7 Draw parallel lines with a distance of 50mm from D and E Press F2 button to turn back to cutting mode LL Enter distance 50 lt Enter gt Click a little bit right of line D Click a little bit left of line E 8 Delete the parts of circles B and C that you don t need any more GA Click on the arc you want to keep 9 Round arc Fl Enter ra
15. 8 Draw oval angle 0 position 1250 0 length 1160mm and width 260mm OB Enter angle if necessary 0 lt Enter gt Enter position 1250 0 lt Enter gt Enter width and length 260 1160 9 Zoom all 64 ZA 10 Draw circle diameter 500mm centre point on the centre point of the oval C2 Click on the centre point of the right circle of the last oval Enter diameter 500 lt Enter 11 Draw line from the centre point of the last circle to a point with incremental coordinates 800 330 Press the F3 button to turn to construction mode LI Click on centre point of the circle Enter end point with incremental coordinates 800 330 lt Enter gt and then lt Esc gt or right mouse button 12 Draw parallel lines to the last line with a distance of 100mm LL Enter distance 100 lt Enter gt To draw a parallel line click a little bit above the line To draw another parallel line click a little bit under the line 13 Zoom all ZA 14 Draw circle with a diameter of 100mm at the end of the middle construction line Press the F2 button to turn back to the cutting mode C2 Click on the right end point of the middle construction line Enter diameter 100 lt Enter gt 15 Zoom window at the two circles with diameter 500 and 100nmm ZW Define the window with the mouse 16 Delete part of the circle 500mm between the two lines EF Click on the arc to delete it 17 Round with a radius of 200mm F
16. HC Manuals CNC test3 dxf 120 20 Okt 03 3 PostProcess test2 dxt 13 0 20 Okt 03 EC pp profirst test1 dxf 150 20 Okt 03 HC pproc test15 dxf 48 0 13 Okt 03 E test13 dxf 240 07 Okt 03 P i in 21 bee Heo 44 n hae 2 Length Width Quantity Rotation 4 test1 380 test14 300 test20 381 test19 615 test12 193 test11 567 test10 Load LogiTRACE parts Simple parts Manual nesting Clean the Display files lt 200 Ko Quit Here you can select the parts to nest Explanation of the screen Path window Choose wanted DXF files oort them by clicking on Name or Changed Choose one part Click on DXF file and it gets blue To pick it up to your selection make a double click on it or click on the button Add parts Choose several parts Hold the Ctrl key and click on several parts or click on one part hold the left mouse button and move the mouse Preview Bottom right you see a preview of the chosen part to support the search Part window All parts of the current selection are shown in this window Here it is also possible to sort the parts or to change values for example click in the field quantity and enter the number of parts to nest allow rotation of the parts by clicking on the icon etc Delete parts by clicking on the position number and press the key lt del gt Add parts Adds a chosen DXF file to the current selection Same function as a double clic
17. Select open or double contours to just select these contours Contour gets pink confirm with OK or Enter PROfirst now shows if the contour is closed or where the open contour two red points or double contour Is 43 Close or clean the contour and do the check closed contour function again until the contour is closed Explode blocks to origin Drawings from external CAD systems often contain blocks which could lead to problems if you want to proceed the drawing If you open a drawing which contains blocks you get the message Warning Drawing contains blocks or polylines Use the EX command several times to explode the drawing before editing the drawing click on Drawing Info properties DI shows how many blocks the drawing contains 2 Click on Expode Ctrl A to select all and confirm with OK or Enter Answer the question Delete original elements with yes PROfirst explodes the blocks now to the original elements Check blocks again with Drawing info properties DI and do the explode command again if there are still blocks in the drawing Proceed elements with the filter function Drawings especially from external CAD Systems often contain a lot of different lines drawing frames dimensions etc which you don t need in PROfirst For this use the filter function Click on the icon to activate the filter click on the wanted type of line with pressed Shift button and
18. _ a Shange a SEE DUM Se ES Zi os 218 Mirror 5 sn Rotate 5 amp Rotation step 10 pe le ay Hii ie ti R 1 3 Distance 100 mm Bu X E 1 255 ess RAR OME 0 1500 100 005 x1 zizizzizi iririr 2222222 D Ban 22 Do test11 test17 test20 test Sort by name ee 1 m ad 1 1 1 1 1 fA 1 Sort by size pot k 7 Or 4 4 4 Display remains to be done 2 Single scaling gt Part f 0 0 Using the different functions Sort parts The parts are listed at the bottom of the screen It is possible to sort the parts in the following screen Sort Sort bu size Display remains to be done Single scaling Part spacing i 0 0 A click on Sort by name sorts the parts with the part name A click on Sort by size sorts the parts with their size beginning with the biggest Display remains to be done only shows the parts which have to be nested Already nested parts disappear from the list Single scaling shows the parts sorted by the dimension of their real sizes Part spacing shows the actually defined part spacing and it is possible to change it whenever you want 12 Position parts ps A click on Position part or a direct click on the
19. 13 DRAW ELEMENTS FROM ZERO POINT ABSOLUTE COORDINATES eese eene 13 DRAW ELEMENTS FROM ANY POINT INCREMENTAL COORDINATES eee emen enne 14 QUICK ENTERING OF COORDINATES sccccesecccsscccesecceseceeececencccenecceecseeecseeceeeneceeecteueceeeeseeectenecenes 15 HOLD lt CTRL gt BUTTON TO DRAW VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL 6 0 15 DRAW VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LINES BY ENTERING THE 00033 15 DEACTIVATE FUNCTIONS WITH lt ESC gt RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON OR DELETE PUTING Woes ses RR RR EE E A AEN ANTE IAE 15 19 BU REREDOGOIuisssuscs t RIPE EIUS 19 ZA P I IPM 20 mmm ma ZR ZOOM REDUCED 20 Ka ZW Edi P CET 20 20 ZP ZOOM PREVIOUS 20 amp RD RE Wy H A S M 20 m some y e 20 o TE F lt CTRL gt A SELECT ALL 20 160 SELECT OPEN OR DOUBLE 8 0000000000 21 BG SWITCH BACKGROUND 0 0100000000000 21 5 8 DISPLAY END POINTS OF LINES AND ARCS
20. Snap settings EY You find the snap icons at the bottom of the screen You can adjust which points you want to snap The points are shown in the same colour as above e g middle point blue tangent pink etc It is possible to turn on off the snap functions with the button Switch snap functions on off With this snap functions it is possible to click close to flashing point The exact coordinates of this point will be overtaken You don t have to enter the coordinates to get to this point The coordinates of the currently snapped point are shown in this window 148 0 292 0 This option should be turned off if you import big DXF files because the software needs too much time to calculate all snap points The program turns the snap function automatically off if a file has a specific size 48 Selection of type and colour of lines 1 With the select line type and colour you define the colour of lines and the type of all new lines P iol xi Select the colour and type of line Preset F2 cuttingcw 4 C F3 construction C F4 tours C F6 cuttinganticw us run in 40 F8 Jrun out 7 u C nocuttingmove 212 Save colours on different layers Here you can define several standard line settings It is possible to change quickly between theses settings with the buttons F2 to F9
21. Write down this serial number and send it to your supplier via fax or email 2 Activation of the software You will get a password from your supplier that you have to enter under Password to activate software This password is only valid for this serial number and having entered it the software gets activated If you have a problem please call our technical hotline To accelerate the problem solving please send us a copy of your drawing via email TOL Computersysteme GmbH Toerringweg 4 83355 Grabenstatt Tel 49 8661 98 396 0 Fax 99 www profirst group com info tolsoftware com 69 Contents 1 Click CAM CONTENTS LEOLI E CAM II MONS rr HER 3 WE RECOMMEND WINDOWS 7 0 0 00000000000 0000 3 ALWAYS INSTALL IN FOLDER SUGGESTED BY THE INSTALLATION 0000 3 LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS ARE NECESSARY WITH WIN 2000 XP eere 3 ADJUST SCREEN RESOLUTION TO AT LEAST 800x600 BEST IS 1200 1024 3 PROGRAM RUNS IN TEST MODE UNTIL SPECIAL PASSWORD HAS BEEN 0000000 3 SETTINGS IN THE PROPIKSI 5 PROFIRST MATERIAL AND MACHINE DATABASE cccsscecceccecescescscece
22. a single user licence Start the program o TART PROGRAMS PROfirst PROfirst Or click on the PROfirst icon on your desktop A new drawing will be opened immediately Please read the hints for the general way of working and then draw the examples at the end of this manual The software PROfirst is activated with a password and not with a dongle The installation of the software creates a unique serial number This number is shown in the menu under Password to activate software You should send this serial number to your distributor You will get the password via email or fax and you can enter it in the menu under password to activate software Now the software is activated Define zero point Before you start you have to define the zero point with 0 0 and Enter The program has to know where the calculation starts PROfirst shows the zero point with a blue cross Standard mode draw lines LI The function draw lines is activated automatically if you don t choose any other function Data entry field for coordinates ProFirst Version 2 21 03 21 03 File Edit Draw Change Dimensions CAM Extras Password to activate software 7 ME Ae 1 25 sz 72 Ie Linie Startpunkpunktkoordinaten eingeben dann mit ENTER best tigen KY Absolut Kettenmass Polarlan In this field you can
23. activated the software runs in test mode The following message appears in the headline of the window Installation You have to install the software to the hard disk before it could be started Click on start run Enter D or another drive letter for CD ROM or floppy disc Click on folder PROfirst Click on Setup ATTENTION The program should always be installed to the suggested folder C Program files PROfirst The files will be installed automatically Adjust screen at least to 800x640 PROfirst works at every screen size from 800x640 upwards You can change the screen size this way Click with the right mouse button on a free place of your desktop and go to properties settings Here it is possible to change the screen size like wanted If you have problems call us or your PC distributor Password System After the first installation of PROfirst the software runs in test mode It is possible to test the software completely in this mode and you even can print Having bought the software does the following To activate the software please click on Password to activate software A serial number will be shown Please send this number via email to us With this number you will get immediately the password from us Enter this password in the field password and click on adopt Now the software is activated for a limited time or activated permanently We remind you that PROrfirst is like all commercial software
24. change it if you need for example the radius 39 Edit dimension Change dimension of the drawing click on the dimension arrow and move tt TA DD Auto dimension The drawing is dimensioned independently Itis possible to dimension the just created drawing automatically by the program The auto dimension is a specific option and not contained in the standard delivery It is only possible to dimension the drawing automatically at once after the creation Having closed the drawing it is only possible to dimension it with the quick manual functions If you don t want to keep the suggested auto dimension it is possible to delete it by pressing the buttons Ctrl X or to change it with the edit function DS Auto dimension part of the drawing Auto dimension of the selected parts of the drawing Choose the elements and confirm with lt Enter gt Ctrl X Delete auto dimension This Icon or the buttons Ctrl X deletes the auto dimension of the drawing 40 GENERAL FUNCTIONS Automatic dimension of any drawing You get an automatic dimension of any DXF file This is only possible because of the excellent filter function Just click on Auto dimension DD and PROfirst dimensions the DFX drawing automatically It is possible to edit these values like you want with the other dimensioning functions Files are saved in the DXF format You don t have to transform files to the DXF for
25. enter the coordinates to draw elements or just check the entered values You don t have to click on that field it always works automatically Help If you move the mouse on an icon you will get a short help about it The short tag of the icon in brackets and the function are shown Quick 2 button commands It is possible to activate all drawing functions with a combination of 2 buttons directly with the keyboard Drawing functions don t have to be confirmed with the Enter button All numeric values have to be confirmed with the Enter button Command line Having chosen a drawing function a command line is shown at the bottom of the screen The steps to do are explained here Use this help function for your drawing 11 Quick snapping of points The snap function is activated automatically Example A red circle appears if you move close to an end point The drawing element itself gets a brighter colour To snap this point you only have to click on the left mouse button Exact point of clicking on a line or a circle The exact position of clicking on a drawing element is for some functions for example LL Fl of a special consequence Parallel lines will be drawn on this side of the element where it has been clicked opecific points of the object are shown by the snap function LINE otart end and middle point CIRCLE Circle centre and the 4 quadrants 0 90 180 270 ARCS Middle start and end point o
26. find the layer navigation in the down left comer LM EIDEM With the first icon you see all layers at once The second icon displays only the first layer The third icon displays the previous layer For example if you are at layer five and click on this icon you go to layer four In the next field you can enter a layer number The fifth icon displays the next layer The sixth icon displays only the last layer have entered a command and don t know how to continue In the bottom of the screen is a line where all working instructions are exactly described With this help you will soon understand the program 53 How draw a tangential line to a circle First draw a circle Now go to the centre point and enter the length and the angle of the line Now only click on the icon E enter the radius of the circle and click beside the line and you have the tangential line Finally delete the help line How can make a hatch in a surface Complex surfaces can easy get a hatch d Click on Hatch a surface defined by a closed contour choose the wanted elements and confirm with OK or Enter How transfer the licence to a new other PC ONLY POSSIBLE WITH PERMANENT LICENCE 1 Start PROfirst at the new PC 2 Click on Password to activate Software in the menu 3 Put a diskette in your floppy drive and click on step 1 copy serial number of new PC onto diskette 4 Take the diskette out of the floppy
27. lead in lead out as required fort he sheet Use the following symbol lt AD Define lead in lead out 14 Lead in lead out Outer contour Line E C Line re EE Lead none Line amp ltemative Lead in Line nane Are C Line Arc on Altemative Lead out um pr Line Are nane Draw the fast speed moves after positioning the lead in Care Here the length of the lead in and lead out is in mm Make sure that the lead in length is less than the part and edge spacing so that parts are not damaged IMPORTANT This setup is valid on cutting path that is made after the changes are made and not on cutting path already made This means that to change an existing cutting path it needs to be deleted and reset f Position lead in lead out positions the lead in manually to the chosen contour To do this just zoom to the wanted position and click with the left mouse button on it CAD Extra possibilities are displayed in the context sensistive menu at the top of the screen 15 Manual lead in lead out Click on the piercing point and the point of contact with the contour Then click on the exit point if required or right click if no exit point is required THIS FUNCTION IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR GAS CUTTING lt Manual lead in with hook Makes a lead in in the shape of a hook to stop the waste s
28. only a certain and smaller part of the drawing and not the whole drawing So it is possible to reduce the data the number of lines etc Filter Function 7 Click on the icon to activate the filter click on the wanted type of line with pressed lt Shift gt button and this colour is activated in the filter Then choose the wanted command e g Erase selected elements select all with lt Ctrl gt A and confirm with OK or Enter Now only the colour activated in the filter will be deleted 55 CA Function 2 Often drawings of other CAD programs contain a lot of lines often several thousands The function CA Convert lines to arcs replaces these lines with a specific accuracy which you have to enter with arcs So the number of elements will be reduced enormously If you have problems nevertheless it is possible to offer you a maintenance contract Consider the wasted time if you have a problem or don t know how to continue 56 Examples The fastest way to learn the software Don t click without knowing what you do The fastest way to work with the program is to take some time about 15 minutes and go through our example drawings We show you the drawing functions and the most important shortcuts to save a lot of time later And if you make a mistake no problem k Press lt Ctrl gt 2 or use this icon to make your mistake retrogressive Important Hint Like you see in the picture abov
29. only have to enter the start point and then enter the length and show the direction with the mouse Deactivate functions with Esc right mouse button or delete function To deactivate drawing functions you have three different possibilities Press the Esc button press the right mouse button or use the delete function red X 15 Using the right mouse button some commands have further sub commands which you can show and select by clicking the right mouse button If you click for example on Check closed contour you can show further sub commands by clicking the right mouse button The following window appears ks Select all Select open or double contours lel Elements Ley Contour Surface Here you have 5 further possibilities You can see the same selection left in the menu o0 it is possible to check quickly if a command has further sub commands If no icons appear in the left corner of the menu there are no further sub commands Of course these sub commands change because they depend on which commands you have selected With this possibility it s much easier to work with PROfirst List of last opened drawings Click on file and you see at the end of this field a list of the last opened drawings Simply click on the wanted drawing and it will be opened This method is quite faster than the usual way to open drawings Methods to select the contours
30. otandard settings F2 Cutting clockwise F3 Construction F4 Open contours F5 Marking F6 Cutting anticlockwise F7 Run in F8 Run out F9 No cutting move DXF colour allocation The colours are shown in the sequence of the DXF colour numbers 49 KK Kl Red Yellow Green Cyan purple Standard allocation Cutting 93 Marking 1 Open contours 4 Save part of a drawing It is possible to select the important contour for the cutting of a big drawing and save it as another DXF file To do that Go to File Export part of the drawing or press Ctrl W Now choose the wanted part and confirm with Enter Now enter the wanted file name and confirm with Save Import You can import drawings icons etc of another file to the current file To do that do the following steps Go to File Import or press Ctrl Choose the wanted file and confirm with Open Choose an import position and confirm with Enter Copy drawing to the clipboard It is possible to copy a drawing to the clipboard Go to Edit Copy to Windows clipboard or Ctrl C But these created copies are in the bitmap format 50 How do From which point do start a drawing Always enter the zero point 0 0 if you begin a new drawing or click on the marked zero point You should always begin drawings from this defined zero point Why isn t the software activated
31. part chooses the wanted part to position it on the sheet Choose part Just click on the wanted part it will be chosen and caught by the mouse cursor colour pink It is possible to position this part with the mouse on the sheet Position part on the sheet Click with the left mouse button colour blue Move part with the cursor keys on your keyboard at the wanted position Confirm with Enter and the part is fixed on the sheet and show coloured Rotate parts 79 0 amp Rotsionstep 10 90 If you have chosen a part it is possible to rotate it with the menu bar above or just use your keyboard Home rotates by 90 Page up down rotates part by entered rotation step standard 10 clockwise or anti clockwise Define a group of parts Pi Parts to define a group have to be positioned on the sheet then click on Define a group of parts choose wanted parts with a zoom window or by clicking directly on the elements and confirm with lt Enter gt Now this group is created automatically and the parts can be nested even quicker Position row column of parts 8 At least one part for a row or column has to be positioned on the sheet Then click on Position row column of parts choose wanted element with a zoom window or by clicking directly on the elements and confirm with Enter Now draw a column by moving the mouse and confirm with the left mouse button Delete a part Click o
32. permanently The software gets activated permanently if the accountancy has finished the booking of this process So either the booking isn t finished yet or you didn t get the permanent password from your accountancy Please check if the password has already been send to you How are DXF files which are shown empty correctly imported Open the file with DOS Edit and save it again Edit inserts automatically after every row the missing lt LF gt Line Feed sign Now the file can be opened with PROfirst If the file is too big for edit it is also possible to open and save it with Word in the MS DOS format How dol get a 1 1 Printing Big drawings or elements can be printed automatically on several pages A4 A3 etc This is especially useful for Photoscope machines if you don t have a big plotter Go to File and then Print Now click on Scale 1 1 and you see at once in the preview on how many pages it will be printed Having clicked on Print the printing of all pages starts and you can now connect the printouts with scale 1 1 51 How dol find open contours lf PROfirst notifies an open contour and you don t see one try to select the contours at this place with a function and check the number of contours By this way it is possible to detect very small contours of e g 0 01 mm Before you choose the function check closed contour the contours should be converted to the colour for cutting green How c
33. to delete the original click on Yes 33 24101 Object Information for one element Click on the icon and then on the wanted element Now you get the properties of the element ay IS Properties for a selection of elements Click on the icon and then on the wanted elements Now you get the properties of the chosen elements DI Properties of the drawing Click on the icon and you get the properties of the whole drawing CU Calculate price of part Click on the icon enter your information and the program calculates automatically the price in Euro Er CF Check closed contour Contour Finished This function checks if the contour is closed and can be cut Choose elements all with lt Ctrl gt A Press lt Enter gt to confirm The first checked elements are drawn in black The program checks from this element anti clockwise and shows the first open contour You should close open contours and repeat the contour check RC Copy in circle Selected elements are copied in circle Choose element and confirm with Enter If necessary change number of copies and angle and confirm with Enter Enter start point for displaying the dimension of the angle and enter centre point 34 MI Mirror Chosen elements are mirrored along a specific axis Choose element to mirror and confirm with the lt Enter gt button Enter first point of the axis Enter second point of the axis
34. where you want to scale from f necessary change the scale factor and confirm with Enter Change of the size of a text or a dimension E CG Change colour and line type Choose colour with or F2 F3 F4 Choose elements and confirm with the Enter button 36 PC Change line type of whole drawing ocreen shows all line types in the drawing Click in the fields at the left line type and set the required meaning Lines you don t need are best set to construction Change line type Type of line Change for Preselectian ABCDEF 123456 none cullingew construction apencontours marking cullinganticuw run in run out nacuttingmove protectianzone sheetedges offsets part drilling tapping pP Edit line or arc using the mouse Click on end point of line or arc to move and move to new position Ctrl Draw outer rectangle Click on the icon and the software automatically draws an outer rectangle 37 DIMENSION FUNCTIONS Aims of the dimension functions Allows a quick dimensioning of the drawing The dimension is calculated automatically Before you start the dimension please create the outer contours of your drawing It is possible to dimension elements by clicking on the start and end points or by clicking directly on the elements lines arcs etc without entering the start and end points Set the parameters of a dimensioning with the right mouse button
35. 2 Activation of the software You will get a password from your supplier that you have to enter under Password to activate software This password is only valid for this serial number and having entered it the software gets activated If you have any problems with the activation or the software please call our technical hotline This manual is the property of TOL Computersysteme GmbH and cannot be reproduced in any form whatsoever without explicit permission from TOL Computersysteme GmbH TOL Computersysteme GmbH Toerringweg 4 83355 Grabenstatt Tel 49 8661 98 396 0 Fax 99 WWW profirst group com info tolsoftware com 24
36. Click on the icon or enter D1 Press the right mouse button Choose options like horizontal polar vertical etc These options are activated until you change them again Click on the start and end point of an element or directly on the element Position the dimension arrow Press right mouse button to get other dimension possibilities Position the dimension arrow RESULT QUICK AND EASY DIMENSION FUNCTION 38 D1 Dimension lines arcs Elements like lines or arcs are directly dimensioned between two points Click directly on the element or click on the start and end point Position the dimension arrow Press right mouse button to change between horizontal vertical etc dimensioning Arcs Pay attention for display the dimension of arcs and circles Always click directly on the arc and not a start middle or end point n D2 Dimension angle Dimensioning of an angle by entering the centre start and end point Enter centre point Enter start point of the angle Enter end point of the angle Position dimension arrow It is also possible to click only on two lines or to click two times on a line You get the angle between the two lines or the angle to the horizontal line If you want to click on a line choose the side of the rotation point Dimension circle automatically If you click on this icon all circles are dimensioned automatically with the diameter Of course it is possible to
37. Click on this icon and you will get all double and or open contours i BG Switch background colour If you click on this icon it is possible to switch the background colour from white to black 19 Display end points of lines and arcs Displays the end points of lines and arcs A second click on this icon turns the display off Select elements to be filtered Enables the selection and the deletion of all lines of a colour all circles off a colour texts etc Click on type of element filter is active and is shown Choose element and enter the wanted command e g delete Deselect filter to get back to the normal mode To do that click again on the icon Filter Hold lt Shift gt button during the selection to filter all arcs and lines of a colour E g to delete all red lines of a drawing 1 a Click on this icon 2 Click on any red line Line red is shown at the filter function Press Ctrl A All red lines are selected Press the lt Enter gt button to delete all selected lines 21 DRAWING FUNCTIONS IMPORTANT It is always necessary to define the start point at the beginning of a drawing normally it is 0 0 and lt Enter gt but do this never only with the mouse LI Line Draws a line between 2 points Enter or click on first point Enter or click on second point To draw vertical or horizontal lines you only have to define the start point and then move the mou
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39. I Enter radius 200 lt Enter gt Click on first arc line Click on second arc line 18 Draw a tangential circle with diameter of 860mm to the two circles 400mm and 100mm T2 Enter diameter 860 lt Enter gt Click on the first circle on this side where the centre point of the new circle should be defined Click on the second circle on this side where the centre point of the new circle should be defined 19 Delete lines OE Click on the two lines 20 Extend the two arcs with diameter 400mm to the arcs 860mm TR Click on arc which should be extended Click on the other arc Do the same on the other side 21 Trim arcs with diameter of 860mm and 100mm GA Click on the part of the arcs you want to keep 22 Zoom all ZA 23 Draw a tangential line to the two circles diameter 500mm and the arc with the distance of 110mm from the circular oval TC Click on the first circle near the tangential point Click on the second circle near the tangential point 24 Draw a tangential line to the two circles diameter 500mm and 1160mm TC Click on the first circle near the tangential point Click on the second circle near the tangential point 25 Trim circle 500mm EF Click on the arcs you want to delete 26 Trim the other five arcs GA Click on the arcs you want to keep 27 Auto dimension DD 65 Screen during step 11 Screen during step 19 The crosses show where you have to click to draw the two ar
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41. N I ACTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE THE 5 5 2 0 0 000 6 92 HOW DO I DRAW WITH 5 7 0 0 0 0 6000000 000 53 HOW DO I USE THE LAYER NAVIGATION 0 0 6 66 53 I HAVE ENTERED COMMAND AND DON T KNOW HOW 7 2 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 HOW CAN I DRAW A TANGENTIAL LINE TO A CIRCLE 00 54 HOW CAN I MAKE A HATCH IN A SURFACE c ccsccccscccssccscccsccessccusccesscecceusscesccesseeesscesccesseeesseuccencs 54 HOW CAN I TRANSFER THE LICENCE TO A NEW OTHER 54 HOW DO I IMPORT DXF FILES FROM OTHER CAD 62 220 0 8 000000000000 55 6 EXAMPLES Prem 57 THE FASTEST WAY TO LEARN THE 5 0 020000000000000 0000 57 EXAMPLE DRAWING 1 YOUR FIRST DRAWING cccccsccecceccecesceccecceccecscacssceecescescscescescascscescescescsens 58 G 2 so uut 60 EXAMP PEE G A o at mus pre e a ce ea Ee Nee ee 62 EXAMPLE DRAWING 64
42. N In this text frame you can enter the following 1 Standard texts 2 Variable texts 3 A graphic or company logo The empty fields are the setting fields for the variable texts The number of character X defines how many characters will be printed The position and size of the logo in the formats bmp jpg wmf is defined by a red line Example Standard drawing frame The data for this drawing can be opened by pressing Ctrl U or in the menu under Extras Drawing frame Text fields for TOLcut punch and TOLfab This function allows the quick entering of data base entries for an element if it should be imported in TOLcut punch fab The data is saved as text in the DXF file and directly used from TOL to fill the data fields in TOL This function can be called up with the buttons Ctrl T or menu extras Information for TOL 46 5 x Customer fi 23456789012345678 Number fi 2345678 Material Material fake Thickness 123456789 Group 123456789 Plan 23458484 0 Index 1234848 0 Repair 123456789 Bulletin 123456789 Stock No 123456789 Date 2002 1 00 Symmetry CX CY C No Rotation C Yes No Remplissage C Yes C No Short text fields for TOL Version old database OK Quit Reset File view It is possible to get a quick preview of all drawings Go to file and t
43. al coordinates to get to the centre point of the circles 0 40 lt Enter gt Enter radius 2 39 2 lt Enter gt Enter centre point again 0 0 Enter radius 2 34 2 lt Enter gt 67 8 Draw 90 oval at the centre point 56 33 5 with a length of 37mm and a width of 12 6mm OB Enter angle 90 lt Enter gt Click on bottom end point of the construction line and confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button Enter the centre point in incremental coordinates 0 33 5 lt Enter gt Enter the width and the length 12 6 37 lt Enter gt 9 Draw two lines of both sides of the circle 12 6mm LI Click on the 3 o clock point of the circle Hold lt Ctrl gt button and draw a perpendicular line to the top Do the same on the other side 10 Trim lines GA Click on the lines you want to keep 11 Auto dimension DD Example drawing 6 Without Help Please create this drawing without help With the knowledge of the previous drawings you should be able to create this drawing 68 Technical support Program starts in test mode activation of the program If you install the software a unique serial number is been created For this serial number you need a unique password Until you activate the software with this password the program runs in test mode Buying and activating the software 1 Check your serial number The serial number is shown in the menu under Password to activate software
44. ck on Translate to edit the names of material Then add edit values like density description and thickness as before 2 Delete a material first choose material you want to delete and then confirm button with yes Add change material prices Click in Extras Database on Price Material and the following window opens F Material parameters x Material stainless steel Material type 316 M Thickness E zi Ok Quit Enter the prices for your different materials and confirm with Add change machines Click in Extras Database on Machines T X Machine STAN DARD Delete Past processor C Program FilessPrafirst VA PPAS TANDARD standard ESSI cnc Search Import setup C Program Files Profirst V 2PPSSTAMDARD standard Search Export folder C Program Files ProFirst MACHEN Search Programming language Nesting origin LL UL LA UR UL File extension CN File number increment 1 Initial file ID 00000008 Program file name prefix Machine origin LL UL LR UR PLASMA GAS Huit Here are the standard paths for post processor and CNC programs If possible use these suggested paths IMPORTANT If you make changes always confirm with the button Apply With the button Import it is possible to import your machine postprocessor You get this data from us as a separate file Unzip the file to the folder c p
45. cs 66 Example drawing 5 Typical time 1min 40s This example shows you how to enter data to get a dimension similar to the original drawing 1 Draw lines 120mm 25mm and 30mm LI Enter start point 0 0 lt Enter gt Move mouse to the right 120 lt Enter gt Move mouse up 25 lt Enter gt Move mouse to the left 30 lt Enter gt Hold lt Ctrl gt button and draw a perpendicular line to the top Choose any point and confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button 2 Zoom all ZA 3 Draw two lines of 30mm LI Enter start point 0 0 lt Enter gt Move mouse up 30 lt Enter gt Move mouse to the right 30 lt Enter gt Hold lt Ctrl gt button and draw a perpendicular line to the top Choose any point and confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button 4 Round corners with radius of 5mm FI Enter radius 5mm 5 lt Enter gt Click on the wanted lines 5 Draw vertical construction line Press the F3 button to turn to construction mode LI Enter start point 56 0 lt Enter gt Enter length as incremental coordinates 0 63 5 Press the F2 button to turn back to cutting mode 6 Draw circle with a diameter of 12 6mm C2 Enter centre point 0 0 lt Enter gt Enter diameter 12 6 lt Enter gt 7 Draw circles with diameter of 78mm and 68mm C2 Click on bottom end point of the construction line and confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button Enter increment
46. cut parts Click on the icon Print labels and the following window opens FeO SIA Mar Thickness 0 testa 0 253 kg test 0 992 kg 325X866 Dim 372x257 You can choose if you want to print one label per type of part or for each part Further there are different settings to change Size margin thickness thickness of the drawing lines in pixel etc Function of the icons 4 1 M Browse between the different pages 91 1 Different page views and sizes Zoom Enlarge or reduce view g Print all or current page s 20 Print sheet plan rim c MR rrr op edge ight pars eg pep ss opm wmm AL mE o omm mE 1 mms 29 112003 Layout of the printout of the sheets with all necessary information structured in sheet statistic and cutting parts Function of the icons For the function of the icons view chapter Print labels Further it is possible to save the sheet as PDF change between colour and black white printout and number the parts 21 How dol Set a machine for multi head nesting To add th
47. dius 40 lt Enter gt Click on first line Click on arc Round all corners this way 62 10 Zoom all ZA 11 Draw line G LP Move cursor to the end point of line E and click on it Move cursor down Enter the length 147 2 lt Enter gt 12 Draw circle with 80mm at the end of line G C2 Click on end point of line G Enter radius 2 40 2 lt Enter gt 13 Draw line H LI Enter start point in absolute coordinates 912 2 0 lt Enter gt Press lt Ctrl gt button and draw a vertical line View the following picture Screen during step 13 14 Trim line H GA Click on part of the line you want to keep line under the circle 15 Delete circle with diameter 80mm OE Click on the circle 16 Connect lines G and H with a line LI Click on the end point of line H Click on the end point of line G Confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button 17 Mirror the lines G H and I along the axis E MI Select the three lines with a window Move the window from left to right and be careful that all lines are completely in the window The lines are shown pink and the number 3 is shown lt Enter gt Define the first point of the mirror axis by clicking to the centre point of the circle 410mm Define the second point of the mirror axis by clicking on the end point of line E Answer with No on the question Delete original elements to keep the original lines 18 Delete line D and E OE C
48. drive and put it in the floppy drive of the old PC Now continue with step 2 transfer licence from old PC to diskette 5 Now take the diskette again out of the old PC and put it in the floppy drive of the new PC Finish the transfer by doing step 3 transfer licence from diskette to new PC 54 How import DXF files from other CAD programs Empty screen If you want to import DXF files from other CAD programs e g AutoCAD MegaCAD etc it is possible that PROfirst shows you an empty screen In the title bar the name of the opened file is shown but you can t see a drawing In this case do the following steps 1 Click on the button Layer management to get in the layer management window 2 Go to the List mode which means you see the layer of the drawing as a list and not as pictures 3 Check if at all layers there is a checkmark at the fields A layer active and P layer printable 4 Check if at all layers the fields L layer locked and F layer frozen are deactivated 5 Turn back to the picture mode click the changed layer and confirm with Keep and then with OK and you will see the drawing in PROfirst now EX Function 2 If the drawing contains blocks it is very important to use the EX Explode function With this function you set the often used block function back Export Part of the drawing For complex CAD drawings you should use this function to save
49. e functionality of multi torch nesting to a machine Extras Database Machine Use the button New to add the following parameters to the machine Maximum number of cutting heads mum the leading head with the motor at the top or bottom of the screen UP means max Y value TOP MAX mad Max head spacing MIN PITCH IMPORTANT VALUE Minimum possible spacing between heads simply measure it on the machine Backup the PROfirst database every day You must backup the PROfirst database on a regular basis At least every week best daily also before installing a new version To backup the complete PROfirst database use the following menu point Extras Database maintenance Make a backup copy select a network drive or another PC Add the date to the file name e g PFDB211103 bak This file is saved to the entered folder if you click on SAVE Using an backup database Always close PROfirst first Copy the file e g PFDB211103 to the folder C Program files Profirst_V2 DB Rename here the file PFDB mdb to PFDB old mdb then rename PFDB211103 bak to PFDB mdb 22 List of new symbols egg IMPORTANT Test for collision between parts IMPORTANT No testing for collision between parts FASTER but you must check for collisions yourself A part can be positioned then puched using the cursor keys This method is much faster but dangerous and you must always check for collisions yourself Pair
50. e it is useful to draw only one side and mirror it along an axis So you save nearly half of the time 57 Example drawing 1 your first drawing Typical time 1min 255 Example 1 1 Draw rectangle R2 Enter first corner in absolute coordinates 0 0 lt Enter gt Enter second corner 150 100 lt Enter gt 2 Zoom all then zoom reduced ZA Zoom all ZR Zoom reduced reduces the size of the drawing to see everything good 3 Draw vertical construction line Press the key F3 to draw construction lines LI Move cursor to the centre of the bottom line A blue point is shown exact middle point of the line click on it Click on the middle point of the top line Confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button 4 Draw horizontal construction line LI Move cursor to the middle point of the left line A blue point is shown exact middle point of the line click on it Click on the middle point of the right line Confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button 5 Draw construction circle with a diameter of 40mm C2 Enter centre point in absolute coordinates 75 50 lt Enter gt Enter diameter 40 lt Enter gt 6 Draw circle with 20mm in the middle of the part Press the key F2 to draw cutting lines Move the mouse to the middle point of the part A green middle point is shown click on it to take it over Enter diameter 20 lt Enter gt 7 Draw circle with 5mm at 3 o clock on the circle w
51. e of part MA Macros DI Properties of the drawing IS Properties for a selection Ol Properties of an element Object info CF Check closed contour T 3 D view DIMENSION FUNCTIONS D1 Dimension lines and circles D2 Dimension angle DD Auto dimension DM Edit dimension lt Strg gt X Delete auto dimension TE Enter Text TM Text multi line SNAP FUNCTIONS SE End point SM Middle point SN Circle Centre ST Tangent SP Perpendicular SI Intersection Dimension Click on the lines arcs or the start and end points Use the right mouse button to change between horizontal vertical or polar Check closed contour Select all contours and confirm with lt enter gt Rotate Enter 0 for arc with three points Enter for minimal rectangle Trim Hold lt Shift gt button to consider the help lines Buttons F2 F3 F4 F5 to change the type of line F2 cutting F3 construction line F4 open contours F5 marking Round off No sign normal rounding round out round in Dynamic Zoom Shift hold left mouse button or Shift hold middle mouse button and move mouse Installation Quick start Test version ATTENTION This program is a quick and modern 32 bit application for Windows 7 and XP and doesn t run under Windows 3 11 We no longer test under W98 NT W2000 With the test version it is possible to use all functions except saving You can test the drawing program before you buy it If the program isn t
52. e zero point Absolute dimensions with COMMA Incremental dimensions with SEMICOLON Polar dimensions with COLON Calculate with Draw vertical und horizontal lines Enter start point Ctrl button turns to 90 mode or mention the direction with the mouse and enter the length Filter Functions Choose certain elements Click on the icon click on type of the drawing elements Filter is active Press Ctrl to choose these elements Hold Shift button to filter Choose a colour Choose Window left to right all elements in the window Right to left all cut by the window Choose contour Hold Shift button click on contour View Raster On Off choose off Display end points of lines arcs choose on Switch snap function on off choose off EDIT FUNCTIONS OE Object erase ER Erase selected elements CN Trim a corner TR Trim to element BR Break an element EF Delete to next intersection GA Keep to next intersection CA Convert lines to arcs AE Convert arcs to lines CH Cut a corner Round corner JF Round corners on contour GU Put a step on a corner Ctrl R Draw outer rectangle PROCESSING FUNCTIONS RC Copy in circle selected elements MI Mirror selected elements RO Rotate selected elements MV Move selected elements CO Copy selected elements SZ Scale selected elements CG Change the colour of the selected elements OF Offset on elements CU Calculate pric
53. es of the parts 13 Delete unwanted parts of the circles EF Click on the unwanted lines of the parts 14 Cut the upper left corner CH If necessary enter values 10 20 lt Enter gt Click on first line which you want to cut with 10mm Click on the second line which you want to cut with 20mm 15 Round upper right corner FI If necessary enter value 10 lt Enter gt Click on first line Click on second line 16 Put a step on the under right corner GU If necessary enter values 10 20 lt Enter gt Click on the line which should be shortened with 10mm Click on the line which should be shortened with 20mm 17 Auto dimension DD 18 Change dimension DM Click on the dimension which you want to change You can choose another dimension option by clicking on the right mouse button or dimension manually 59 Example drawing 2 Typical time 45s 1 Draw circle with a diameter of 120mm C2 Enter centre point 0 0 lt Enter gt Enter diameter 120 lt Enter gt 2 Draw circle with a diameter of 81mm Move cursor to the centre point of the first circle click on the green centre point Enter diameter 81 lt Enter gt 3 Draw circle with a diameter of 40mm Enter centre point 105 272 5 lt Enter gt Enter diameter 40 lt Enter gt ATTENTION Use POINT as decimal place 4 Draw circle with a diameter of 60mm Move cursor to the centre point of the third circle and click on the green cent
54. f the arc as well as circle centre OVAL Middle start and end point of the circle segments as well as both circle centres Circular OVAL Start and end points of the arc segments as well as middle points of arc and circle It is possible to turn the snap functions off and to call them up with a specific key combination SNAP FUNCTIONS SE End point SM Middle point SN Circle Centre ST Tangent SP Perpendicular SI Intersection Read at least this chapter Calculator for entering coordinates While you enter the coordinates it is possible to use the functions to carry out easy calculations E g 100 2 272 20 or if you have to enter diameter or radius 46 2 or 127 2 Draw elements from zero point absolute coordinates A reference system is defined this way horizontal coordinates X rise positive to the right and vertical coordinates Y rise positive to the top The zero point 0 0 normally is set in the left under corner or on that place where most dimensions start A point with the absolute coordinates 100 45 has a distance of 100mm to the right and 45mm under the zero point Absolute coordinates fram the zero point Point 8 is at a distance of 120mm to the right and 80mm the zero point 13 Draw elements from any point Incremental coordinates Incremental coordinates don t refer to the coordinate zero point but to the last dimensioned position Incremen
55. ge if necessary Confirm with the Enter button Select first element select second element 1 line will be shortened with the first dimension 2 line will be shortened with the second dimension x OE Object Erase Deletes an element immediately if you click on it a ER Erase selected elements Delete several elements 30 Choose elements and confirm with lt Enter gt button This icon has the same function as the button lt Del gt 5 KE Keep part outer and inner contours and delete the rest Click on the outer contour of the part A whole list of actions will be carried out and the part with internal and external contours are kept 8 KZ Keep part using a windows then click on part and delete the rest Zoom a windows containing the part Then click on the outer contour of the part A whole list of actions will be carried out and the part with internal and external contours are kept Outer dimensions are kept in this case 31 PROCESSING FUNCTIONS 57 OF OFFSET elements Enter Offset Choose element and confirm with the lt Enter gt button Click on this side of the contour where the new offset contour should be created It is possible to use this function for compensation of the cutting tool diameter or for adding fishplates on elements 2 Hatch a surface defined by closed contour Choose elements and confirm with Enter Change the hatching settings Cl
56. hange size of paper under WIN NT for printing or plotting Under WIN NT changes of the size of paper aren t considered of the program and only can be done by the following way Close program Define the wanted printer as standard START PRINTER Choose printer FILE and DEFINE AS STANDARD Define the wanted size of paper otart PROfirst and print the drawing Having printed reconvert the right standard printer and size of paper Is it possible to change the background colour and the colour of texts Go to the menu under Extras Options and General Under Colours it is possible to change the colour of the background and of certain texts Be careful and avoid setting the same colour for background and text activate or deactivate the scales Downright is a yellow scales icon Simply press it to turn the scales on or off 52 How dol draw with raster It is possible to turn the raster on or off correspondingly change the size of raster To do that follow the next steps Go to Extras Options General and then to raster Here it is possible to adjust the raster at X and Y axis or to turn the raster on or off Of course the raster has to be adapted to the drawing It isn t useful to set a small value at a big drawing and oppositely because you won t get practical results So it is meaningful to try which is the right setting for the actual drawing How dol use the layer navigation You
57. he Enter button Click on first circle close to the tangent point Click on the second circle close to the tangent point T3 Circle tangential to three lines Draws a circle tangential to three lines 1 Click on first line close to the tangent point 2 Click on second line close to the tangent point 3 Click on third line close to the tangent point cp Ellipse 1 Enter number of segments for the ellipse Enter start point coordinates for the first axis and confirm with lt Enter gt Enter end point coordinates for the first axis and confirm with lt Enter gt N Enter end point coordinates or length of the second half axis and confirm with lt Enter gt 25 Y al LL Line Arc parallel with distance Draws a parallel line or arc with a specific distance to another line or arc f necessary change the distance and confirm with lt Enter gt Click on line at the side where the new parallel line should be drawn df wanted click on further lines P PL Draw polyline Click on this conl Enter the start point or click where the polyline should start Click on the right mouse button and choose what you want to do lines or arcs If you click with the left mouse button the program finishes the line or arc Now you can again click with the right mouse button and choose again what you want to do You can do that as often as you want If you want to exit click again with the right mouse button and choo
58. heet from moving too much when piercing from the edges Manual lead in lead out Click on the piercing point and the point of contact with the contour Other points can be clicked between Right click to finish the lead in if required Then click on the or several exit points if required right click to finish the lead out Position lead in lead out positions the lead in manually to the chosen contour To do this just zoom to the wanted position and click with the left mouse button on it Delete lead in lead out deletes the clicked lead in from the existing cutting path iM Insert lead in lead out in cutting path inserts a lead in to the existing cutting path To do that click on the cutting path you want to replace so that it turns to cyan colour and then choose the wanted point for he lead in by clicking on it with the left mouse button This function can be repeated as often as you want 50 Change lead in and repeat on all identical parts Allows you to change a in and changes it on all identical parts that are positioned on the same sheet at the same angle and symmetry VERY IMPORTANT Function Set cutting path Beside the automatic cutting path it is also possible to define the cutting path during the nesting manually or to change it if wanted Auto tool path sets the cutting path automatically with the defined lead ins on the nested sheet Delete tool path deletes the existing cutting pa
59. hen on open with preview and you can see all your files ina preview window With this possibility it is easier to find a specific file if you don t know the name any more 3D view Every element can be shown in 3D with only one mouse click Simply click on the 3D icon choose the elements and confirm with lt Enter gt Then do the wanted settings and confirm with OK Page preview PROfirst shows the page how it will be printed on the paper If you click on Print you see the drawing exactly like it will be printed on paper Text generator It is possible to convert any Windows True Type texts to a minimum of lines and arcs The results really can be cut 47 You only click on the icon Lettering convert TTF to vectors choose the text and confirm with lt Enter gt Then you only have to confirm if you want to convert curves comprising of lines to arc when possible or not Extra power select functions Select functions to select or separate elements over a surface Selection of open or double contours to clean drawings for CNC processing Hold the lt Shift gt button and click on the element which you want to select Automatic round of all corners of elements All corners of an element can be round automatically with certain settings and a certain radius for cutting without problems Click on the icon enter radius choose contour and confirm with Enters Then enter the wanted information and click on Save
60. ick on Extras Options Text and then on Parameters A Convert letters to vectors Click on the icon A and then on the text The colour of the text turns to pink and now you have to confirm with lt Enter gt To continue view chapter TM Text multi line on page 39 of this manual gt Triangulation 3D display Creates a 3D body of the drawing and saves it automatically to a folder ia AC Contour automatic 32 This icon creates an automatic contour from several elements Just select the elements that define the surface and confirm with OK To finish you have to click or enter a point in the surface PROfirst now has automatically created a new contour E CB Create block Create one element block of several elements Choose elements and confirm with lt Enter gt Choose zero point of the block and confirm with lt Enter gt Enter name of block and confirm with OK Choose Yes or No if you want to delete the original elements or not standard is Yes EHS Show blocks Shows the existing blocks Choose the wanted block and confirm with Add If you only click on OK the blocks are only shown and not added PS Create Polyline from selection The elements chosen with Polyline exist only of one element Choose the elements and confirm with lt Enter gt 2 EX Explode composite objects origin Choose the element and confirm with lt Enter gt If you want
61. is possible to define the remnant cutting manually To do that click outside of the sheet on the wanted position define your remnant cut as wanted click again outside the sheet on the other end and confirm with the right mouse button uf Delete remnant cutting on the sheet deletes the defined remnant cut from the sheet if you click on this function Cut skeleton sets after you have chosen the spacing for vertical horizontal cuts automatically a skeleton cut on the nested sheet The sheet is cut in small defined skeletons 18 Create CNC program After the nesting simply click on the icon Accept nest and make CNC programs and create the program code for your machine The following window opens where you can check once more your settings x Machine STANDARD MACHINE STANDARD Configuration file C Program FilessPrafirst TANCARD standard ES5I cnc Parameter m 00000008 stainless steel 4 200403 stainless steel 4 Em Name af program Control the machine the technology and if wanted change the name of the program by clicking in the concerning column and enter the name of the file The sheet 18 02 will also be printed automatically 00032 Hime marina D ae 0 1002 29 112003 19 Confirm with OK and your CNC program is created and saved in the path C Program Files PROfirst_V2 CNC Print labels With 1 Click CAM it is possible to print labels for the
62. ith 40mm Move the mouse to the 3 o clock point on the 40mm circle A red point is shown click on it to take it over Enter diameter 20 lt Enter gt 8 Copy circle with an angle of 90 to create the three other circles RC Click on circle it gets pink press lt Enter gt to finish the selection Enter number of copies and the angle 3 90 lt Enter gt or OK Click on a start point to display the dimension of the angle e g centre point of the 5mm circle Move cursor to the centre point of the 20mm circle and click on the green point 58 9 Draw with arc 20mm for the sector in the top of the drawing C2 Move cursor to the middle point of the upper line and click on the blue middle point Enter diameter 20 lt Enter gt 10 Draw circle with 10mm left C2 Move cursor to the middle point of the left line Click on it and confirm immediately with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button Now this point is saved as the last point Enter position of the centre point of the circle as a incremental dimension from this point 25 0 lt Enter gt Enter diameter 10 lt Enter gt 11 Draw to lines from the circle to the left line LI Move cursor to the 12 o clock position of the circle click on the red point Move cursor to the line click on the green point for perpendicular Confirm with Esc or the right mouse button Do the same for the other line 12 Delete unwanted parts of the lines EF Click on the unwanted lin
63. k on the file Load LogiTRACE parts Procedure Click in LogiT RACE Version 12 or higher in the menu on File Start new production list A new production list is automatically started Create developments in Logi RACE A list of the saved developments is created in CALogiTRACE V12YOrder Logitrace dat Click in 1 Click CAM on Load LogiTRACE parts to import all parts created in LogiTRACE to 1 Click CAM Simple parts Simple Parts as flanges rings and rectangles can be created here very easy Just choose part enter dimensions and confirm with OK to add it to your current selection Delete list Deletes the created selection and the path window is empty Colour setup Definition of the colours in the DXF file Closed contours 93 7 715 black or white 93 light green Marking 1 12 red set to zero if no marker on machine Open contours 4 light blue Auto colour setting A check mark activates this function The parts are automatically shown in cutting colour if you read it in Auto nest If the wanted selection is finished click on Auto nest to calculate the nesting Manual nesting If you want to nest the created selection manually just click on the button manual nesting Sheets Click on the button Sheets and you will see the window below to change the sheet and the materials ini xi Button to change to the window sheets Part distance edge distance Enter values
64. lick on line D and E 19 Copy in circle to finish the drawing RC Select all lines you want to copy with a window number 14 is shown press lt Enter gt to confirm Enter number of copies and the angle 5 60 lt Enter gt or OK Click on the centre point of the circle 410mm to define the centre point of the copy 63 20 Zoom all ZA 21 Auto dimension DD Example drawing 4 Typical time 1 45s 1 Draw circle with a diameter of 800m C2 Enter centre point 0 0 lt Enter gt Enter diameter 800 lt Enter gt 2 Draw circle with a diameter of 1160mm C2 Click on centre point of the last circle Enter diameter 1160 lt Enter gt 3 Draw circular oval centre point 0 0 through point 800 598 diameter 180mm angle 46 OC Click on the centre point of the last circle Enter start point 800 598 Enter Enter diameter and angle 180 46 lt Enter gt 4 Zoom all ZA 5 Draw circle diameter 400mm with centre point of the left circle of the circular oval C2 Click on the centre point of the upper left circle Enter diameter 400 lt Enter gt 6 Draw a parallel arc to the circular oval with a distance of 110mm LL Enter distance 110 lt Enter gt Click above the circular oval 7 Draw circle diameter 400mm tangential to the circles 400mm and 1160mm T2 Enter diameter 400 lt Enter Click on the left side of the circles so that the centre point of the new circle is left
65. lick on the black arrow close to Font and choose Times new Roman the font changes at once Next we want to change the size of the text If the text PROfirst isn t marked any more do that again Now click on the text field of Height and enter 100 The text gets very large Now we want to stress the PROfi and change it to bold Like before mark the PROfi and click on B Now you can try all these things with the second line try all possibilities which you have e g alignment left right or centred Further it is possible to align the text with a specific angle It is only possible to align the whole text and not one line If you want for example different angles create several multi line texts and align each If you are ready click on OK and the text appears on the screen It is still a text and we have to convert it to vectors if we want to cut it Therefore click on the icon A and then on the text The colour of the text turns to pink and finally you have to confirm with lt Enter gt Now you are asked if Convert curves comprising of lines to arcs when possible Please choose No why we will explain soon Now the text colour has changed because it has been converted to vectors Now we want to find out the number of lines which are used for the text Therefore click on the mark the whole text with the mouse and confirm with lt Enter gt You will see that there are many lines and that could lead to problems with the
66. mat Errors caused by double data storage e g DWG und DXF are avoided If you save files PROfirst saves them automatically in the DXF format Compatibility to AutoCAD PROfirst is able to read and write AutoCAD DWG files It keeps the layer and the block structure of the original drawing Windows standard keyboard settings The known Windows keyboard settings are used to make the work with PROfirst easier 41 Ctrl Z Undo last command Ctrl Y Redo last command Ctrl A Ctrl S Save not possible in the test version Ctrl Open file Data reduction with the CA function External drawings contain often a lot of lines and arcs which lead to problems if you want to cut the part on the machine amp Click on Drawing info properties DI to see how many lines and arcs the drawing contains 2 Click on Convert lines to arcs CA enter a specific accuracy and confirm with Enter An accuracy of 0 5 means that PROfirst converts lines to arcs within that value The smaller this value is the exacter is the result Then choose all with Ctrl A and confirm with OK or Enter Check the result again with Drawing info properties DI and you see the big difference of the number of elements in your drawing Layer management with preview Complete layer management with preview of the contents of the layers It is possible to filter very easy elements from comple
67. n Delete a part choose elements to be deleted with a zoom window or by directly clicking on them and confirm with Enter Or it is possible to select all parts with Ctrl A Move a part B Click on Move a part choose parts you want to move with a zoom window or by directly clicking on the parts and confirm with Enter Now it is possible to move the parts with the mouse or with the cursor keys of the keyboard 13 Special functions i Restart nesting on the current sheet nests an already manually started sheet with the remaining parts automatically but only on this current sheet Autonest on current sheet nests the current selection on all sheets which are needed for this nesting 1 Nest the selected part nests only the current selected part on the sheet le Nest the selected part from a defined position nests only the current selected part from a defined position on the sheet Nest the selected part using the advanced form recognition nests the selected part with a special algorithm for form recognition and so even more better results can be achieved Power Nesting 10 mm In this field you define the distance with which parts are moved With pressed Ctrl button 1 10 of this value here 10mm and with pressed Shift button 1 100 of this value here 1 mm Seting Lead In and Lead Out for a particular sheet Before setting the cutting path you should set the the
68. on the screen Size of sheet Enter values in the fields L and H 10 Material Machine Select desired values Nesting Auto nesting If you have done all settings in the sheet window and created a selection of parts click on Auto nest to calculate the nesting After a couple of seconds the nesting window opens MdProFirst Version 2 70 0 27 Nov 03 New drawing 2242 ioj xj Edit View Draw Shange Dimensions CAM Extras Password to activate software 0 12 gt BRIO WO 17 x ET 78 51 x1 The parts are nested in an optimum on the chosen sheet and the cutting path is set automatically Function of the icons Index of current sheet shows the number of sheets and the current sheet Browse between the sheets with the arrow buttons Delete current sheet deletes the current sheet after confirmation LI Insert sheet inserts a selected sheet to the current nesting View info on current nesting shows statistically the nested parts on the sheets or the complete nesting 29315 x1 Current sheet format waste of the displayed sheet and quantity of identical sheets to be cut 11 Manual nesting If you have done all settings on the sheet format and have created a selection click on manual nesting to start a nesting manually After a few seconds the following nesting window opens ProFirst Version 2 70 0 27 Nov 03 New drawing 10 xj
69. ptimal minimum 500 mm Area gross 0 250 m rectangle B x 500 mm Area net 0 250 m Weight net 0 800 kg Weight gross 0 0 800 kg Cutting time 00 04 00 Cutting length 2000 mm Machining time 04 Number of contours 3 Length run in EL ram Material price part Results ae Ed dE 1000 dur 10000 mm p Z Export to drawing Export to drawing frame It is possible to export this calculation directly to the drawing or to the drawing frame Calculation of the cutting time of a drawing The cutting soeed can be entered in the menu under Extras Options Parameters Cutting speed mm min If you have created a drawing it is possible to get the cutting time with the following command Properties selection In this screen you get the following important information for your calculation Cutting time Cutting length Outer rectangle of the elements needed sheet Change texts with Oi Object Information You have created a text field with text multi line and want to change it now Or simply click on Ol Object Information and then on the wanted text field In the following window it is possible to change the text like you want 45 lt Ctrl gt U for text fields for printout The standard text field for printouts is a DXF file with the name FRAMED DXF This file contains a standard drawing frame after DI
70. ra d api ena uoa epi DEM 33 SHOW 33 CREATE POLYLINE FROM SELECTION 33 EXPLODE COMPOSITE OBJECTS 2 33 OBJECT INFORMATION FOR ONE ELEMENT 34 PROPERTIES FOR A SELECTION OF ELEMENTS 00400000 1 1 1 34 PROPERTIES OF THE 20000000000000000005500000 34 CALCULATEDPRICE OE PAPE a E EES 34 Q Es CHECK CLOSED CONTOUR CONTOUR 34 E ase oo dues ees MeL DS 34 6 MV huoc 35 CO 9 36 SZ NN 36 CG CHANGE COLOUR ANDILINE TYPE eer 36 eal PC CHANGE LINE OF WHOLE 024 27 DP EDIT LINE OR ARC USING THE 0000000000 37 lt DRAW OUTER RECTANGLE 37 DIMENSION FUNCTIONS 5 odes eee heus pa gear eo e ee R a e KC PEE e PES
71. re point Enter diameter 60 lt Enter gt 5 Zoom all ZA 6 Draw construction line at 95mm 16 Press F3 to draw construction lines LI Click on centre point of the upper circle 60mm Enter the end point of the line in polar coordinates 95 16 lt Enter gt and then lt Esc gt or right mouse button 16 clockwise angle 16 anticlockwise angle 7 Draw parallel lines to this construction line Press F2 to turn back to cutting lines LL Enter distance 30 lt Enter gt Click a little bit above the construction line for upper line Click a little bit under the construction line for under line 8 Draw line to the tangent point of the under circle view the following picture LI Move cursor to the end point of the upper line and click on the red point Move cursor to the right tangent point of the circle 120mm and click on the pink point Confirm with lt Esc gt or the right mouse button 60 9 Draw vertical line LI Move cursor to the 9 o clock position on the circle 120mm and click on the red point Press lt Ctrl gt button and move the cursor up to draw a vertical line Click a close to the end point of the construction line but draw a little bit longer line to see intersection Now you can unhand the lt Ctrl gt button 10 Round corner with radius 85mm FI Enter radius 85mm if it is necessary and not already shown in brackets 85 lt Enter gt Click on first line Click on second line
72. rogram files PROfirst_V2 Export Click on Import choose the file in the corresponding path and click on Open now your machine data will be imported Then it is best to delete the STANDARD machine selecting the STANDARD machine and clicking on the DELETE button at the TOP of the screen Simple steps to make a program Easy to follow steps PROfirst 1 Click CAM is very simple and easy to use with following simple steps Select the DXF or DWG files you want to cut oet the number of parts Define the size of the sheet and spacing otart the automatic nesting and cutting path Create CNC Program s Print sheet plan or labels Start 1 Click CAM To start 1 Click CAM just do the following steps Open PROfirst as usually and click down left in the icon menu on the button CAM The program changes from CAD mode to CAM mode af Then click on the icon 1 Click CAM to open a new nesting IMPORTANT 1 Click CAM is only displayed if the CAM option is activated Select parts to nest The start screen of 1 Click CAM is shown in the picture below 1 Click CAM H _data demlog profirst part_test_nest iF dx Ag test8 dxf 130 20 Okt 03 test 13 0 20 Okt 03 p test6 dxt 14 0 20 Okt 03 8 APH WTolserverD test5 dxf 15 0 20 01 03 amp C keymaster test4 dxf 13 0 20 Okt 03
73. scescusceccscescescescscescescesescescescseess 5 IPIE DIEI OMNTT E 5 Ada ch nge material DFIGOS uscseiesoseseseteseseitsevesesezeuey tutaveuxeseieseyebtsevesesebeseyubesevexes os ea iere ns 6 TOA be ING CULO SIMPLE STEPS MAKE PROGRAM 22 ccccccsccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscees 8 MS Oy STEPS cM 8 se cee IM EMI 8 SELECTPARTS TO ers ce rn MEME LP ws ed nce see meee E LEE 8 TRICO OM IS TE T TE uix pulo Ee 9 E 10 MESTI epee tc orto specs skeen Eq sec 11 PU TINO cect een erst 11 11 12 TIVE FUMIO ONS 12 Seting Lead In and Lead Out for a particular sheet eese esee nennen 14 I CUI rp 16 COUTE AH 16 CREATE CNC PROGRAM vessacsvecavscaccsuescnceensahuacsenuseaeatewuveduvecmedensaehuacweaweeaieadexuvcdusacmeaedsadbuacdenwiesavecuvouses 19 PRINT LABELS 20 PUNCHION OF 20 MES S D o Essen
74. se Quit E Enter Text ABC For a single line text click on the con Al Then click at the place where the text should be entered You can change font size etc if you go to the menu ABC under Extras Options or if you click on and with the right mouse button in the drawing and go to Edit text style Here you have the possibility to change the settings for the single line text e g font all which you have in your windows system size height of text in mm bold and italic Finally click on Save now all single line texts have this settings If you want to change again do the steps above Now you only have to confirm with lt Enter gt and the text is ready Before you can cut the text you have to convert it to vectors it To do that click on this con mark the text and confirm with lt Enter gt Now the text is ready for the cutting TM Write multi line text If you want to write a multi line text click on this icon Then click on the place where the text should be entered Another window opens where you can enter the text you want to write For example enter PROfirst in the first line and confirm with lt Enter gt The program jumps to the next line and here you enter TOLsoftware Now we want to use another font To do that mark 26 the text with the mouse like you do in other word processors Press the left mouse button and mark the text PROfirst until the wanted text is marked black Now c
75. se to the right direction and enter the length of the line To draw lines with a direction of 0 90 180 and 270 you only have to press the lt Ctrl gt button and click with the mouse to the wanted position SL Line parallel from point Draws a line from a defined point parallel to another line Enter or click on point Click on line Extend the line like you want LP Line perpendicular Draws a line perpendicular to another line Click on that point on the line where the perpendicular line should start At a crossing of two lines go to the point from the wanted line Move the endpoint of the perpendicular line and click or enter the length to fix it 22 LA Draw a line at an angle Draws a line at a defined angles Enter the angle Draw the line with 2 points You can also Enter the LENGTH of the line TC Tangent to two circles Draws a line tangent to two circles Click close to the first circle and the wanted tangent Click close to the second circle and the wanted tangent uf H2 Rectangle Rectangle between two corners Click or enter first corner Click or enter second corner RE Rectangle with centre point length width Draws a rectangle with centre point length and width Click or enter the centre point Enter length and width or enter the coordinates of the corner point PR Polygon Draws a polygon Enter number of sides Enter middle point
76. tal coordinates measured fram the paint A Point B is at a distance 7 mm to the right and 50mm above paint Draw line with length and arc polar coordinates The measures aren t identified as horizontal or vertical distances x y but as a straight distance and a direction angle l a The angle is measured from the horizontal axis anti clockwise e g is 0 3 o clock 90 12 o clock 180 9 o clock 270 6 o clock Polar coordinates measured from the point Point B is at a straight distance of mm with an angle of 35 5 of point Quick entering of coordinates 1 Automatic snapping of points with the mouse 2 Absolute coordinates Enter x y with COMMA 3 Incremental coordinates Enter x y with SEMICOLON 4 Polar coordinates Enter a with COLON whereas Length and a Angle 5 Length Length show direction with the mouse If you only enter a dimension it will be interpreted as length or distance and the direction will be 0 90 180 or 270 and depends from the position of the mouse ATTENTION It isn t possible to use the comma as a decimal sign You have to use the POINT Hold lt Ctrl gt button to draw vertical and horizontal lines Choose draw line and enter the start point With the lt Ctrl gt button it is possible to draw vertical and horizontal lines Draw vertical and horizontal lines by entering the length To draw vertical and horizontal lines you
77. th completely from the sheet Use this function always if you want to edit or change the lead ins 16 Change cutting direction changes the cutting direction of a selected part by clicking on it with the left mouse button It is necessary that a cutting path is defined before using this function Repeat a cutting path repeats the same cutting path for a part a soften as you want To do that place a part on the sheet set cutting path as wanted and click on this function Now choose contour with a zoom window confirm with Enter enter number of repeats confirm again with Enter PROfirst CAM now repeats this cutting path with the entered number s Cutting path auto for part sets automatically the cutting path on a selected part To do that click on the element with the left mouse button 17 Remnant cutting Profirst CAM offers different possibilities to do remnant cuttings after a nesting der Auto remnant cutting cuts the sheet with the entered settings in the following window automatically with a remnant cut 2101 Keep the waste skeleton Type of remnant cutting Min length of reusable remnant Min price yee eee Distance between the part and the cut ho Same all current sheets Abandon Enter here the type of remnant cutting distance between the part and the cut etc and click on OK With Manual remnant cutting it
78. the part The selected part is automatically paired to make an optimum group with minimum rectangular surface Only one rotation Power nesting will only nest parts on the sheet in one single rotation Use this for parts with complex folding or sheets with a structured surface like brushed aluminium Avoid part movement Parts are positioned with the power nesting at an angle to avoid the part from moving when it is cut We use the value set in the database for the outer micro joint to avoid positioning parts at an angle with a dimension of the outer rectangle in X of less than say 160mm for a Trumpf laser machine as an example 160mm is a typical value as 2 bars on a Trumpf laser measure 130mm in X M Common cut option not standard Position the part on the sheet Click on the symbol common cut Click on the part and move the mouse to make a simple pair or row or column of part Click with the mouse A group of this part is made and can then be positioned on the sheet 23 Technical support If you install the software a unique serial number is been created For this serial number you need a unique password Until you activate the software with this password the program runs in test mode Buying and activating the software 1 Check your serial number The serial number is shown in the menu under Password to activate software Write down this serial number and send it to your supplier via fax or email
79. this colour is activated in the filter Then choose the wanted command e g Erase selected elements select all with Ctrl A and confirm with OK or Enter Now only the colour activated in the filter will be deleted A quite good function to clean up unnecessary lines from a drawing Calculate the price of elements for quotations with EURO function All important data for the price of an element like surface weight gross net length of cutting time of cutting and lead in are calculated and so the price Click on the Euro icon simply enter all your data in the following window and the price will be calculated automatically 44 Preparation 2 Drawing time 00 00 13 Hourly Preparation time 00 15 00 5 2 since E LC AA 6 B uL sl Machine STANDARD Cutting speed 500 0 mmmn Machine hourly rate 00 Time per contour 00 05 00 Time other er work ko 1 Joo 00 o Material Material type ns 4301 ai Thickness 0 4 mm T 5 id aterial price kg Density 8 00 Part properties EV UK E EU EN EEUU ERES O
80. x drawings i This is the icon for the layer management Click on the layer icon You get to the layer management where you can view the different layers and adjust 4 attributes e g 5 layer locked not changeable F layer frozen not viewable changeable or printable layer active viewable 42 P layer printable appears on the printout Generally the values A and P should always be activated and the values S and F always be deactivated Calque 11 Bema ung all Further it is possible to change the view between list and pictures Important is the function Keep Choose a wanted layer e g the layer cutting cw and click on Keep Now only this layer will be kept and shown Often usually for drawings with many layer like dimensioning drawing frame etc If you have problems with layer or if you want to see or edit the layer management of your drawing it is possible to do this in this menu of the layer management Check contours for open double contours A very important function is to check if the contour is closed It is possible to check contours for open or double contours to have a good drawing for further processing Read into programming software Click on Check closed contour add the tolerance if needed click with the right mouse button on the drawing screen and do the following selection Select all to select the whole contour or

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