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--- quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:tangential-knife-setup [2019/07/02 13:35] – ivan
+++ quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:tangential-knife-setup [2019/12/23 14:30] – ivan
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-=====Tangential Knife Setup=====
+=====Tangential Cutting Setup=====
-The following manual is designed to aid the user with the basic setup of a tangential knife system using myCNC software.
+The following manual is designed to aid the user with the basic setup of a tangential knife/cutting system using myCNC software.
 The main settings for the tangential knife/creasing wheel/etc can be found in **Config > Technology > Tangential Knife** on the following screen:
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 **Lift Height** specifies the height for the lifting procedure, as described in the **Knife Up Programming**. This value is set to be in millimeters.
+====Other tools====
+The X1366V profile allows for tangential cutting control not only with a knife, but a variety of other instruments such as a half-knife, creasing wheel, 45 degree knife, and more.
+The important part about tangential cutting control is the ability to use the rotation axis (axis C in the X1366V profile). This is turned on by the following code that is included in the M6 macro (the M6 macro is responsible for switching between the tools):
+<code>G10 L80 P7005 Q1</code>
+Similarly, turning tangential cutting off is done by using the following code in the M6 macro:
+<code>G10 L80 P7005 Q0</code>
+This allows us to use the rotation axis when necessary by writing a ''1'' or a ''0'' into the register #7005:
+{{:quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:tangential-knife-quickstart-009.png}}
+Since having a number of tools in the same program is typically necessary, we can turn tangential cutting (utilizing the rotation axis) only for the tools that require it, such as the Knife and Creasing Wheel (shown in the screenshot above). The other tools (camera, pen, spindle, etc) will have tangential cutting turned off by having their register #7005 contain a 0.
 ====Importing DXF files into myCNC====
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   *Select your tool in the top section (Knife in this particular configuration, Half-Knife, Creasing Wheel and Camera can also be used).
   *Select your Tool Lift. This height will specify how high the knife will be lifted as it travels between parts.
+  *
   *Select your Working Height (usually left at 0)
   *Insert any necessary commands into the Header/Footer fields. These are usually left blank, unless it is necessary to add some particular command to the G-code generated from the DXF file after the Tool Change.
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 The DXF import procedure automatically generates the knife turn/knife lift G-codes which are inserted into the program, and which correspond with the settings listed in Config > Technology > Tangential Knife. This allows for easy set up provided the DXF file has been correctly modelled.
+A full manual on importing DXF files is available [[quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:dxf-import|here]].