One use case of Primecut is to schedule machines to cut large motherplates into smaller plates, which the Plate Divide option in SmartCluster is for.
Under the SmartCluster Strip Cut menu there is a Cut Type drop down, by default set to 'Plate Strip', but able to be changed to 'Plate Divide'. Plate divide will perform a similar common line action to the Strip Cut, with the differences:
•the cuts start from the known edges of the plate (the Alternate Commonline Direction option is not relevant when using Plate Divide)
•the cuts in the long axis are given the default process linear lead ins and lead outs,
•the cuts in the carriage axis are crop cuts edge to edge of the plate
•the kerf offset entered is applied to all paths (now flagged as no kerf), not just the common lines
•The carriage axis cuts are cut before the long axis strip cuts
