Bent Members & Marking
At a glance
- Straighten supported Pipe bodies and round bent solids into their developed length
- Export a bend table with feed lengths, bend angles, radii, and rotations
- Add bend ticks, rotation references, fit-up marks, and labels before cutting
Supported bent members can be prepared in their straight form for rotary cutting. A Pipe body carries its path and section directly; a supported imported round bent solid can also be straightened. JetCad3 calculates the developed length and keeps a bend table with the feed, bend angle, centerline radius, and rotation between bends.
A sharp corner is treated as a mitered joint. Cuts that land inside a bend are approximate and are flagged for review.
Mark the straight stock
Optional plasma marks can identify bend starts and ends, rotation references, fit-up locations, and labels before the part is cut off. Marks are inserted into the same ordered job as the cuts, so they follow the correct stick and chuck position.
Mixed marking and cutting requires a machine, recipe, and Tube post that can control a separate marking output. The current JetFlight Tube path supports the Cebora marking workflow. A configuration that cannot distinguish marking from cutting is refused rather than posting an unsafe mixed program.
The bend table can be exported with the job for the downstream bending operation.