Setting The Overlay Function - GRAPHTEC FC4500 User Manual

Chapter 5 FUNCTION SETTINGS AND OPERATIONS

5.7 Setting the Overlay Function

The Overlay function enables repeated cutting to be performed on a medium that cannot be cut with one
cutting operation. A cutting force that is lighter than the specified FORCE value can be used to leave cutting
trace marks on the medium in the first cutting operation, and then the specified FORCE value used for the
second and subsequent cutting operations.
• ALL mode
Overlay cutting is performed on all of the cutting data as one block.
Overlay cutting using the copy mode cannot be performed on data that exceeds the plotter's buffer size.
If there are no delimiter commands (such as F0 or PG), the plotter waits for a timeout (approx. 10 s) and
then starts the second cutting operation. In this case,"PREPARING TO RECUT" is displayed on the screen
and operations such as changing the COND No., making PAUSE menu settings and setting the origin
cannot be performed until 10 seconds have elapsed.
• BLOCK mode
Overlay cutting is performed of the continuous line segments from one tool down operation until the next
tool up operation.
Overlay cutting can be performed even of data that exceeds the plotter's buffer size.
If the number of continuous line segments exceeds the block buffer capacity, the block buffer is handled as
one block and overlay cutting is performed in separate blocks. The number of blade rotation operations at
the start point may therefore increase.
(1) Press the [PAUSE] key to select PAUSE mode.
(2) Press the [NEXT] key repeatedly until the following menu is displayed.
FORCE
I/F
TOOL COND AREA OPT
SPEED
(3) Press the [F2] key (TOOL COND) to display the menu shown below.
FORCE
THICK
TOOL No. ADJ.T POS
SPEED
(4) Press the [F1] key (THICK) to display the menu shown below.
FORCE
THICK No. SHORT L.
OVERLAY
SPEED
(5) Press the [F2] key (OVERLAY) to display the overlay mode settings screen.
FORCE
OVERRLAY CUT MODE
•ALL
SPEED
•
The black dot [
To select the ALL parameter, press the [F1] key. To deselect the ALL parameter, press the [F1] key once again.
To select the BLOCK parameter, press the [F3] key. To deselect the BLOCK parameter, press the [F3] key once
again.
5-8
OFFSET
FUNCTION
QUALITY
OFFSET
CUT LINE
QUALITY
OFFSET
QUALITY
OFFSET
BLOCK
QUALITY
] indicates the currently selected parameter.