Grooving a part is creating a groove as an operation: the «Grooving» form opens in the CNC-operations panel, and the groove is described by a set of parameters — width, type (open/closed), depth, side and offsets. The articles of the subcategory cover each parameter and how the groove goes to production.
A groove is a lengthwise channel cut in a part for an insert: a back panel, a drawer bottom, glass, a divider. In iFurn.pro all the grooves of a part are set in a single form — «Grooving». This article shows where to ope…
ReadThe groove width determines how wide the channel will be. It is directly linked to the tool: a groove is cut with a cutter or a grooving saw, and its width cannot be smaller than the thickness of that tool. That is why t…
ReadA groove has two types — open and closed. They differ in their ends: an open groove runs from edge to edge of the part, a closed one ends within its body, not reaching the edges. The type is chosen in the «Groove type (o…
ReadFor a groove to land in the right place, besides width and type, three more things are set: on which side of the part the groove is cut, to what depth and where exactly it runs. This is handled by the «Operation side», «…
ReadWhen identical grooves are placed on dozens of parts — for example, a groove for the back panel on all the side panels — changing them one by one takes long. Group processing of operations works not only with holes but a…
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