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yenne
03-29-2006, 01:41 PM
Occasionally a project will contain carvings or routs that can interfere with the mechanical operation of the machine. Types of interference fall into these categories:

1. Wide vertical cuts across the board can cause the compression rollers to fall during a project, affecting the machine's ability to move the workpiece.

2. Cuts through the board along the top edge can interfere with the auxiliary roller and affect the machine's ability to track the position of the workpiece.

3. When carving on both sides of a board, carvings near the bottom on the rear face of the board can also interfere with the auxiliary roller when the workpiece is flipped over.

4. Cuts with the Cut Tool along the left side of the board can potentially break the cutting bit if the workpiece leaves the auxiliary roller and the machine loses high-precision tracking of the workpiece.

In the event that the Designer software recognizes that any of these conditions are met within a project, the software will display a warning when the project is uploaded to the memory card. The specific conditions will be listed, and the user may choose either to ignore the warning (which may result in undesired machine operation), manually jig the project, or allow the machine to automatically jig the project (Auto-Jig).

When Auto-Jig is selected, the machine will prompt for a workpiece that is slightly wider or longer than the project's dimensions in order to prevent interference with the machine's mechanics. When the project is complete the machine can cut off the extra material.