Foam and Inserts
Foam case inserts, packaging fitments and shadow boards: an insert built up from sheets, with pockets for the items it holds, cut through the sheets they reach or routed part-way. A drawing whose industry is Foam and inserts offers these tools in the toolbar and in Edit › Tool.
Tools
| Tool | Does | |
|---|---|---|
| Foam Layers | An insert's sheets, top to base, laid out side by side to cut | |
| A rectangular or round pocket with finger pulls, through each sheet its depth reaches, routed part-way into the last; its depth and chamfer noted | ||
| Shadow Pocket | A pocket the clearance outside an item's own outline | |
| Tab | Tabs left uncut in a cut | |
| Bridge | Bridges (nicks) in a rule | |
| Edge Notch | A V or U nick in a cut |
Cuts through a sheet go on the Cut layer, routed (partial depth) pockets on the Partial cut layer, and the sheets' names and the pockets' depths on the Dimension layer.
Designs in the library
File › Run Parametric… has a Foam and inserts folder (see Run Parametric):
| Design | What it is |
|---|---|
| Case insert grid | Columns and rows of pockets with finger pulls, in a top sheet and a base, or routed into one sheet |
| Tool shadow board | A row of tool-shaped pockets (screwdrivers, spanners, pliers) with finger holes, and a base |
| Bottle and vial cradle | Holes for bottles standing, in a grid or staggered, over a ledge; or saddles for bottles lying down |
Material quote
File › Reports… › Foam and gasket material quote prices a job at each quantity: the sheets (or block) the pieces take, from their nests or each piece's rectangle on a sheet size, the waste, the material per sheet, per m² or per m³, the cutting time (the cut length at a speed and a pause at each pierce) at the machine's rate, and a set-up cost; the price each and for the run. See Reports.
Machine profiles
Make It (File › Export › Make It, Ctrl+Shift+M, or the Make It button at the top of the window) writes the cutting table's DXF (Zünd Cut Center (DXF)) in one click, beside the drawing, after checking the design: see Make It.
File › Export › Export… lists this trade's formats first. File › Send Using Machine Profile sends the drawing to a machine in one click, with the format, options, layer names and pens it needs; those that come with the app for this trade: Laser CAM by colour (DXF), Waterjet (DXF, cut and etch), Zünd Cut Center (DXF), Kongsberg table (CF2), Kongsberg table (DXF), Sample table (HP-GL, a pen a tool), Rule bender (CF2), Rule bender (DDES3), CNC router (DXF, depth in the layer names), CNC router (G-code, tools from the layers), LightBurn laser (project). See Export by Industry and Machine Profiles.
See also: Industries and Tool Sets, Tools.