Bug-o-systems Programmable Shape Machine User Manual

HowtodownloadashapefiletoaProgrammableShapeMachineusingPCShapesSoftware1. OpenPCShapesProgram.ClickFileOpentofindtheshapey

7. Tochangethedirectionofthecut,makesureyourdrawingisstillselected byclickingselectandselectall.ThenclickEditDXFthenRevers

9. Inthecontourmenu,thereareafewthingsthatneedtobechanged.Undermachiningparameters,thecontourdepthshouldbe0.0001.Thismustb

10. OnceyouhavecreatedyourToolpathsthroughthecontourmenu,youarereadytosavethefileinaformattoloadinthePCoption.Clickthefil

CuttingPipeswithDeskCNCandShapeusingsample.dxfInstallation:1. RunDeskCNC.exe2. Copyposts.cfgtoC:\ProgramFiles\DeskCNC,overwritingt

b. ClickGeneralc. ClicktheNamedropdownandchooseBUGOd. ClickEdittoloadtheconfiguratione. ClickCancelLoadtheDXF1. ClickFile,O

EdittheshapeYouwillhavetomakechangestotheloadedDXF filetotellthemachinehowtocutit.Attheminimum,youwillhavetomoveittoo

2. MoveandRotatetheShape.Theshapetocutmustbeverticalandat(below)theorigin.Ifitisnot,itmustberotatedandmoved.a. Select

ii. ClickMoveiii. TopRightYshouldnowdisplay0f. ClickView‐>ZoomAll

SetupCuttingPaths1. Enablepathinfodisplaya. View‐>ShowDirectionsb. View‐>InformationTags

PicturetheMM1atthebottomleftoftheimage.Theleftsideoftheimageisthestartingpointforrotation.Thisshowsthatthetractorwillmo

3. MakesureShapesprogramissetforproperunits(in/mm)fortheshapeyouareloading.YoucanchangetheunitsbyclickingOptionsUnits.4.

Nowthemachinewillstartfromitsoriginatpoint1,makethetopcut,thenmovetothebottomforcut2.Itisreadytobeturnedintoatoolpath.

6. ClickContour7. ClickFile‐>SaveToolpathsCNC.8. MakesuretheSaveastypeisBUGO9. Savethefile.ItcannowbeimportedintotheSh

YoucannowworkwiththeShapeprogramlikenormalLIT‐DESKCNC‐TECH-1112

5. TheCommTerminalwillopenanewwindow.IfyouareusingthecorrectCommport,whenyoupresstheblackresetbuttonyoushouldseeResetOK

7. Nowwearereadytodownloadthefiletothemachine.ClickBUG‐OStuffDownload.Youwillgetawindowthattellsyoutopressresetonmachine

Howtoconverta.dxffilethroughDeskCNC:InstallationofDeskCNC:1. InsertCDlabeledBUG‐6241intocomputer2. RunDeskCNC.exefromtheCD3.

1.Clickthesetuptabandclickpostprocessorsetup2.Onthegeneraltab,clickthedropdownnameboxandclickBUGO.ClickEdittoadjustthe

Howtoconverta.dxffiletoaCNCfileinDeskCNC:1. Open.dxffileinDeskCNC2. Ifusingacleandrawing,clickselectmenuandclickselect

3. ClicktheeditDXFmenuandclickscale,move,rotateselected.4. Clickmovetoorigintomovethepiecetothecenterpointofthegrid.The

5. Clicktheviewmenuandclickzoomall.Thiswillbringthefulldrawingbackintoview.6. ClickonviewmenuandmakesurethatShowDirectio