Setup
Updated v2.4.2At a glance
- Pull any Drafting component into Mill as a live Setup that re-syncs when you edit the model
- Mark which bodies get machined from a checkbox list or by clicking them; the rest ride along as reference
- Each Setup owns its own stock, work zero, and ordered list of operations
- Run several setups on one part—a top and a flip, or different fixtures—and drag to reorder how they post
A Setup is the container for one machining job: a part, the stock it's cut from, where the work zero sits, and the list of operations that run against it. Milling in JetCad3 always starts by pulling a modeled component into Mill as a Setup — everything else hangs off it.
Bring your part in as a Setup
Pick any component you built in Drafting and add it to Mill as a Setup. The Setup stays live: edit the model back in Drafting — change a hole, move a face, redraw a sketch — and the Setup re-syncs to the new geometry. You never re-import or copy the part; Mill is looking at the same model, one workspace over.
Machined and reference bodies
Tell the Setup which bodies it actually cuts. Everything else — clamps, fixture plates, the part next to this one on the table — rides along as reference: visible so you can see what you're working around, but never machined. This keeps a busy assembly readable while you program just the piece in the vise.
The Setup dialog lists every body in the component with a machined checkbox — tick and untick to build the set, or keep clicking bodies in the viewport; the list and the picking stay in sync, and hovering a row lights that body up so you always know which is which. If you rebuild the model and a body the Setup referenced no longer exists, it shows as a red Missing body row with a one-click remove — the counts only ever reflect real, live bodies. Removing a body immediately flags any operations that were cutting it as Stale, and re-adding it heals them.
Many setups on one part
A single part often needs more than one setup — a top job and a flipped job, or two different fixtures. Add as many Setups as you need; each carries its own stock, work zero, and operations. The Mill browser lists them top-to-bottom in the exact order they'll post, and you can drag to reorder which setup — and which operation inside it — cuts first.