Designer · PlasmaCNC

1. Design

Choose or drop an image
PNG, JPG, Corel SVG or a photo

Final width (mm)

What is metal

Flatten by

Threshold 128

Metal color

Tolerance 30

Number of colors

Check the colors that are metal:

Smoothing (mm) noisy photos and JPGs

Extra frame (mm)

Ignore specks < (mm²)

Resolution

2. Bridges

No automatic bridges (loose parts)

Direction

Normal width (mm)

Minimum bridge (mm) for small parts

Bridges per part

Spacing between bridges (mm)

Large part from (mm) gets at least 2 bridges

Max. distance between bridges (mm) on large parts

3. Checks

Kerf / cut width (mm)

Minimum metal (mm)

Vector tolerance (mm)

4. Export

DXF/SVG: nominal geometry in mm, without kerf, for ArtCAM or any other CAM. The G-code (below) comes ready for the machine.

5. G-code (.nc)

Machine

Cutting speed (mm/min)

Pierce delay (s)

Lead-in (mm)

Overcut (mm)

Kerf compensation (torch runs on the scrap side)

Cut the outer edge of the plate

Reverse cutting direction

Cut only part of it (if the machine failed)

From cut No. to

Clicking a contour skips it or adds it back. To cut only a few: "None", then click each one. Same shape and same order as the full file; only the grey cuts are skipped. Numbers are the ones in the Cut view. With the same job unlocked there is no new charge.

It always pierces in the scrap and leads into the contour; the part you keep stays on the right of the torch (clean side). Origin X0 Y0 at the bottom left. In the Cut view: blue = toolpath, green = lead-in, red = lead-in without enough room.

Files are generated from what the user uploads and are used at the user's own risk: check them before cutting. Disclaimer

Brush mm

Shortcuts

M/Space pan · wheel zoom · P bridge (Shift = minimum) · Q remove bridge · D paint metal · E cut · [ ] brush · X discard part · Ctrl+Z undo · R recalculate bridges · C pick cuts · G rotate 90° · F fit · 1 2 3 views

Metal Scrap Bridge Falls off Thin metal Narrow cut Edited by hand Cut by hand

Load an image: dark is metal, white gets cut.