Platform News

The cutting plan is now rendered with physical accuracy — taking into account the saw kerf and the trimming of the sheet edges.

What has changed

• Parts sit flush against the trim frame — exactly as they will actually be cut.
• Offcuts are shifted and reduced along the cutting axis: their visible size on screen matches the actual size after sawing.
• You no longer need to mentally “allow for the kerf” when reading the plan.

The changes have been verified on a real machine and locked in with regression tests and visual simulation.

The result

What you see on screen is what comes off the saw. The production engineer and the operator read the same plan with no mental adjustments.

A series of improvements to the printed cutting maps — the paperwork that goes to the shop floor.

What has changed

• Usable offcuts only. Offcuts that the platform did not recognize as suitable for reuse have been removed from the printed map and the specification — the paper shows only real parts and usable offcuts.
• Countertop edges match the machine. For mirrored countertop maps, the edge letters are flipped together with the map — the edge on the printout matches the edge on the machine.
• Clean numbers. All calculated dimensions on the maps, in the specification and in the trimming and groove reports are rounded to 0.1 mm — no more "tails" like 632.9000000000001.
• Grain direction arrow. For parts with a set grain direction, a two-way arrow is printed in the corner of the part on the map: the saw operator sees the grain orientation right on the map without checking the specification.

Result

The printed map reads unambiguously: the shop floor works from the paper without cross-checks, clarifications or the risk of cutting a part "across" the grain.

Several improvements to the convenience of the manager's workplace.

Technical support in one click

A "Technical support" item has been added to the main menu — it opens the ticket system in a new tab. The item is translated into all 11 interface languages. A request is created from the CRM in one click, without searching for contacts.

The interface is no longer broken by auto-translation

CRM pages are marked as non-translatable for built-in browser translators. Previously, auto-translation distorted cutting terms and material names and could break the behavior of forms. Now the interface is always displayed in the language selected in the system itself — and 11 languages are supported.

Minor improvements

• Two unused phone fields have been removed from the order page — the contact form is now shorter.
• Access to the payroll module has been fixed: with a regular user login, a paid module no longer shows a false message about an unpaid plan.

Orders whose cutting layout was edited manually are now visible at a glance.

How it looks

• In all order lists, such orders are marked with an icon and a "Manual cutting" tooltip.
• At the top of the order page there is a large red banner "ATTENTION! MANUAL CUTTING".
• The same banner is printed on the order form.

Result

The manager and the shop floor immediately see that the map was not calculated by the algorithm and treat such an order with extra care — a manual layout does not go into production "as a regular one".

Two fixes in automatic cutter selection that protect expensive materials from damage.

Diameter limited by the parent contour

The trim cut runs along the centerline of the main contour — so its cutter can no longer be wider than the cutter used to machine the contour itself. This eliminates cases where a wider tool went beyond the cutout boundaries into the body of the part.

Correct rotation direction for the reverse side

The tool for operations on the reverse side of the part is now selected strictly by the actual direction of rotation — incorrect selection during mirrored machining is ruled out.

Result

Fewer spoiled parts — especially noticeable on expensive facade materials, where a single tool-selection error costs a whole blank.

Previously, through milling of a thick part was simply rejected with an error if no cutter with the required reach was available. Now the system finds a way out automatically.

How it works

• The through operation is split into two blind milling operations from both sides with a guaranteed overlap of at least 1 mm. Example: a 38.5 mm part is covered by a cutter with a 20 mm reach from both sides.
• The program for the second side is built by the same rules as the rest of double-sided machining: if there is a bottom unit — the same program, if not — a correct mirrored one.
• Smart reversal of halves: the maximum available depth is determined separately for right-hand and left-hand cutters. If the mirrored program lacks a cutter with the required rotation direction, the contour is automatically reversed to suit the tool that is available.
• A blind recess can be converted into a groove — but only if the machine actually has a saw for the required depth.

Result

Orders with thick parts are no longer rejected due to tool limitations: the platform itself builds a feasible process for the manufacturer's actual cutter fleet.

For every CNC program, the number of drillings, milling operations and grooves is now counted, and based on this data the part label is stamped with marks for the machining types.

Previously, when a label was rebuilt the marks could disappear — the operator at the station did not see that the part had to go to the CNC, and the part could slip past machining.

Result

The part's route through the shop can be read straight from the label: it is immediately clear which types of CNC machining await it.

Several improvements to milling toolpaths that reduce machine time and improve surface quality.

What changed

• No duplicate passes. If the next depth pass effectively coincides with the final one (for example, at 12 mm thickness and a 4 mm step), it is no longer generated — the redundant pass is eliminated.
• Arc lead-in. Entry into a pocket is performed with a tangent quarter-arc instead of a diagonal plunge; the exit overlaps the seam past the entry point. Fewer chips at the entry, a cleaner pocket wall.
• No extra “tail” at the exit. If a contour ended with a move along the part edge into a corner, the program used to add an extra “around the corner” exit. Now the cutter exits outward along the shortest path directly from the point on the edge.

Result

Shorter programs, less machine time, better quality of the machined surface — with no changes whatsoever to order placement.

A typical manager error — assigning an edge band that is not mapped to the selected board in the catalog — is now caught before the order is released to production.

What production sees

• The raw material slip shows a red block “Attention! Edge band is not linked to the material!” with a list of the problematic material ↔ edge band pairs.
• On the label and the cutting layout such edge bands are marked with a cross.

The feature is enabled by a production setting — by default the behavior does not change.

Result

An incompatible “board + edge band” pair is detected at the document stage rather than at the edge bander — less downtime and rework.

Program generation for parts machined on both sides has been substantially reworked.

How programs are built now

• Bottom units available — blind milling from below stays in the same program: the part is not flipped, machining is done in a single setup.
• No bottom units — a correct mirrored program is generated with full recalculation of coordinates and operations: no offsets, no “drifted” locks.
• An operation already prepared as mirrored at a previous stage is not mirrored again — double flipping is ruled out.

Protection against silent defects

Face-down machining is allowed only if a tool for the full depth is available — otherwise the system issues a warning in advance, preventing a program that would ruin the part.

Integrity of stepped passes

The final through pass is no longer separated from its rough (blind) passes of the same “staircase” — the block stays intact and is executed in the correct order, with no risk of cutter overload or chipping on the final cut.

Result

Double-sided parts are machined predictably on any machine fleet: with bottom units — in a single setup, without them — using a correct mirrored program.