MaxCut Business Edition Holes and Grooving - 2.8.1.7

To enable the holes and/or grooving fields on a panel, click on the “Show Holes” and “Show Grooving”

check boxes in the bottom right of the panel window.

Specifying Holes Holes positions are specified relative to the side that you are specifying them on:

Length 1 = Bottom Left Corner

Width 1 = Top Left Corner

Length 2 = Top Right Corner

Width 2 = Bottom Right Corner

Refer to the image below while reading about the different ways of specifying a hole:

1)Simple Format “x,y”

The simplest way to specify holes on a panel is to provide a x and y co-ordinate. The depth of the hole

and the diameter of the hole will then be assumed by using the values specified in your settings.

For example: 25,25. (Indicated by the yellow arrow in the image above)

2)Full Format “x,y,depth,diameter”

The full format used to specify a hole is: x,y,depth,diameter. For example: 50,50,5,50 specified on Width

1 will draw a hole 50 down and 50 across from the top left corner at a depth of 5 and a radius of 50.

(Indicated by the red arrow in the image above)

3)Partial Format “x,y,depth”

The diameter can also be omitted from the syntax: x,y,depth. For example: 50,50,5. In this case the

default diameter will be used. (Indicated by the green arrow in the image above)

4)Specifying Multiple Holes on one side

Multiple holes can be specified on the same side, each hole must be separated by a semi-colon “;”. For

example: 25,25;25,50;25,75;25,100 will specify 4 holes. (Indicated by the blue line in the image above)

5)Mixing syntax

When specifying multiple holes, any combination of the described syntax’s is acceptable. For example

25,25;70,70,7;130,130,13,100 will result in 3 holes:

Hole 1: “25,25” = 25 on the x axis and 25 on the y axis relative to the corner, with the default depth and

diameter.

Hole 2: “70,70,7” = 70 on the x axis and 70 on the y axis relative to the corner, with a depth of 7 and the

default diameter

Hole 3: “130,130,13,100” = 130 on the x axis and 130 on the y axis relative to the corner, with a depth of

13 and a diameter of 100.

Configuring Defaults

Default values can be set by going to Settings -> Layout -> Hole Settings

Results Holes will show in the following parts of the program:

1) The panel preview diagram when adding a panel

2) On the screen optimization layout

3) Layout Reports

4) Dxf Cut lines export

5) Labels with visual edging (as a representation)

Specifying Grooving Grooving positions are specified relative to the side that you are specifying them on:

Length 1 = Left side, starting at the bottom.

Width 1 = Top side, starting at the left.

Length 2 = Right side, starting at the top

Width 2 = Bottom side starting at the right

Refer to the image below while reading about the different ways of specifying a groove:

1)Simple Format “offset”

The simplest way to specify holes on a panel is to provide the offset for that grooving. This is the

distance away from the side that the grooving will appear. For example: specifying the grooving text of

“50” on the Length 2 will draw a grooving 50 away from the right of the board with the default width

and depth that are specified in your settings, and for the full length of the side. (Indicated by the pink

arrow in the image above)

2)Text Format “any text”

Another simple way to specify grooving is to type some text. For example: “yes”. In this case all the

defaults specified in your settings are used. (Indicated by the yellow line in the image above)

3)Full Format “offset,width,depth,length”

The full format used to specify a hole is: offset,width,depth,length. For example: 25,5,4,250 specified on

Width 2 will draw a grooving that is 25 away from the bottom side, has a width of 5 and a depth of 4 and

is 250 long, starting from the right side. (Indicated by the blue arrow in the image above)

3)Partial Format “offset,width,depth”

In the case that the length is omitted, the grooving will assume the full length of the side that it is

specified on.

4)Partial Format “offset, width”

The partial format of “offset,width” will assume the depth from the defaults and that the length is the

full length of the side. For example: “50,20” specified on the Width 1 will draw a grooving 50 away from

the top for the full length of the side. The width will be 20 and the depth will be taken from the default

specified in the grooving settings. (Indicated by the red arrow in the image above)

4)Specifying Multiple Grooves on one side

Multiple grooves can be specified on the same side, each groove must be separated by a semi-colon “;”.

An example can be seen in the image below on the Length 1 “20;50;80;110” (Indicated by the red, blue,

pink and yellow lines).

5)Mixing syntax

When specifying multiple grooves, any combination of the described syntax’s is acceptable. For example

add;130;135,3,5,100 will result in 3 grooves.

Groove 1: “add” = this groove will get all its values from the default grooving settings. The length will be

the full length of the side.

Groove 2: “130” = this groove will have a offset of 130 from the side at the full length of the side with

width and depth taken from the default settings.

Groove 3: “135,3,5,100” = this groove will be offset at 135 from the side, with a width of 3 and a depth

of 5 and a length of 100. Since this is a full format no values are assumed from the defaults.

Configuring Defaults

Default values can be set by going to Settings -> Layout -> Grooving Settings

Results Grooves will show in the following parts of the program:

1) The panel preview diagram when adding a panel

2) On the screen optimization layout

3) Layout Reports

4) Dxf Cut lines export

5) Labels with visual edging (as a representation)

Changing How Holes and Grooving Are Displayed Both holes and grooving can be turned on or off and the color in which they are displayed can be

changed by going to “Settings -> Layout -> Line / Fill Settings”. As shown in the image below.