sorry, my table uses different software. Basically the steps are the same. Make the drawing - i use coraldraw or Autocad depending on item.....coraldraw does just fine for most everything. then you have to convert the drawing (export) as a windows bitmap then trace this bitmap... i use a program called vextractor cause its fast and easy to use. the tracing is saved as a .DFX extension that will be recognized by plasma software. but it doesn't stop there. Most people (like me) want to save as much steel on the table so use a nesting software. This allows the computer to flip and flop all cuts around to maximize the material that you can cut from a sheet of steel. I use a program called Enroute3 with nesting. This software also sets your cut starts , depth of cuts, offset to allow for torch cutting width, etc. All these things happen in a few seconds and is controlled by the parameters you set up. I had to start by cutting all different thicknesses of steel and measuring the kerf width (the thickness of the torch cut) and installing these figures in the software. This allows the software to autocorrect for cut thicknesses while cutting. without this step you finished pieces wont measure up correctly. On my system, once this is set, you never have to worry about it again. You just tell the plasma computer the thickness of steel your cutting, all done. Oh, and less i forget. You also have to figure out all the settings. Air, cutting amps, and distance of cutting head from surface...also pierce height. This step took the most time in the learning curve. My dynatorch system had a hand cutting option that runs off of a hand held joystick, and by cutting by hand, you can continually hand adjust speeds, torch height,amps, etc till the cuts look good. then record these settings for future use. Once learned for each steel thickness you use, its there in memory of computer for future use. Believe me, youll be burning up steel scraps and consumables till you get the settings, then it will be smooth sailing after that. One other thing that has saved me money over the years was the addition of a torch height sensing device that dynatorch created. With this item, the machine uses a laser to find steel surface so the computer knows exactly where the steel is to begin the pierce.... without the cutting head touching the steel. I used to waste more heads when the unit used to touch the steel plate.
