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Cut Order enables you to change the profile cutting sequence.

Click Cut Order Cut Order_ICON to display a list of start points in the State Manager. Numbers display on top of the profiles in the work area to indicate the cutting sequence.

Change the cutting order of a start point using one of the following methods.

  • Select a start point from the list and drag it up or down in the list.

  • Select a start point from the list and use the up and down buttons.

  • Select a profile in the work area and drag it on top of another profile. The cutting sequence of the profiles changes accordingly.

  • Press SHIFT or CTRL and click multiple profiles in the list to change the cutting sequence as a group.

  • Selected profiles display in the work area using a blue color.

Move Up one step Move Up one step

Moves the selected start points up one step.

Move Down one step Move Down one step

Moves the selected start points down one step.

Move Top Move Top

Moves the selected start points to the top of the cut order list.

Move Bottom Move Bottom

Moves the selected start points to the bottom of the cut order list.

Make Bundle Make Bundle

Groups the selected cut path points. Bundling selections enables you to move the entire group to the top or the bottom of the cut order list.

Reverse

Changes the sequence of the selected start points to the opposite order. This command is unavailable until you select at least two start points.

Example of changing the cutting sequence

The cutting paths were already created in the example below. The cutting sequence will change so that the part named Example 1 is cut first, and part Example 3 is cut last.

  1. Click Cut Order Cut Order_ICON to display the part cutting sequence both in the work area and in the State Manager.

  2. Activate start point 3 using one of the methods below.

    • Click the start point on the cutting sequence list in the State Manager.

    • Click the start point in the work area.

  3. Move start point 3 to the top of the cutting sequence using one of the methods below.

    • Use the arrow button on the State Manager.

    • Drag start point 3 on top of start point 1 in the work area.

  4. Click Confirm .