Know what completes each step
An import, a visible layout or a Send click does not by itself prove correct dimensions, valid routes or a saved host job. Review the current result and actual receipts at each step.
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Prepare your first job one step at a time
Begin with a familiar drawing. The mCAD beginner guide connects geometry, quantities, machine and sheet settings, nesting, safety, routes and sending or saving. Online help explains the individual steps.
Start with a simple, confirmed part
Begin with foam or sponge parts already confirmed suitable for oscillating-knife cutting. Test new materials, thicknesses or blades before production.
mCAD can prepare drawings and layouts independently. Before live cutting, the main program must confirm actual connection, whole-machine homing, sheet origin, tools, work points and site conditions.
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From the first drawing to a saved job
Illustrative animation, not a live machine. Actual processing depends on software checks and site conditions.
- Draw or import a familiar part and check millimetre dimensions, holes or slots and quantities.
- Set the machine and sheet, nest, pass the safety check and generate toolpaths.
- Send and wait for a saved-job receipt, or save .mhg offline, then follow main-program help to prepare production.
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Confirm a result at every step
Check dimensions, quantities, routes and saving separately to help identify missed steps before production. Website demonstrations explain operations and cannot control live machines.
Start your first nesting project
Get mCAD and follow the beginner guide; use the relevant help topic when a step needs checking.
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Test your actual parts before choosing a head count
Download mCAD and create separate projects with the real dimensions of your regular parts. Compare machine models and head counts with the same sheet, requested quantities, spacing and allowed angles.
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Import regular drawings or draw at actual millimetre dimensions; check closed outlines and internal holes or slots.
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Create a separate project for each machine configuration and set sheet size, physical head count, participating heads, margins and spacing.
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Nest the same parts by quantity or fill-sheet mode; record actual nested counts and inspect head assignments.
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Pass each project’s safety check and generate dynamic toolpaths; compare estimated time, parallel head use, waiting and rapid travel.
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Review shared-rail, physical head spacing and actual travel constraints, then compare additional heads with a lower head count.
Compare quantity, time and executable motion together
A denser layout or more heads alone cannot prove faster cutting. Compare successfully planned current results with confirmed material thickness, tools, speed mode, shared rail and travel limits.
Doubling the head count does not guarantee double productivity. If large regular parts cannot synchronize within shared-axis and safety-spacing constraints, fewer heads may suit them better. Standalone estimates support comparison; machine selection still requires actual parameters and test cuts.
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Follow the drawing, nesting and job-planning workflows relevant to your parts and machines.
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Connect drawings, nesting and multi-head cutting
When drawings, quantities and machine settings are handled separately, a compact layout may still be impossible to cut. Shared rails, head travel, physical spacing and tool processes need to be checked together.
↗02Nest actual contours and inspect the result
Open outlines, incorrect dimensions or missing group members affect nesting. Repair the drawing, then recognize and save useful manually placed groups for later complete-group reuse and remaining single parts.
↗03Review material use and cutting time together
Rapid travel, waiting, tool lift and lowering, curve speed and head coordination all affect cutting time. Material utilization alone misses batch counts and actual process conditions.
↗04Match the head count to your parts and rails
Large regular parts, different contours or narrow gaps can restrict parallel work. Non-cutting heads remain physical objects and need reachable parking positions and avoidance checks.
↗05Prepare your first job one step at a time
An import, a visible layout or a Send click does not by itself prove correct dimensions, valid routes or a saved host job. Review the current result and actual receipts at each step.
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