Tutorial Videos
These instructional videos accompany the PrimecutNE Tutorials Manual, they are in html5 format so please ensure your browser is up to date and compatible.
Please note these videos are not intended to replace working through the tutorials in a tutorials database, working through these is still the best way to effectively learn the software, but may provide guidance if you get stuck, and provide a ready reference to basic functionality in future.
Workflow
Workflow Tutorial 1: Basic workflow
- Create a workorder (job)
- Auto Nest Parts from the job onto a single plate
- Process, Schedule and Cut the plate
- Close the job when it has been completed
Workflow Tutorial 2: Cropping and remnant handling
- Manual Nesting, Sequencing
- Cropping a plate and creating a remnant
Workflow Tutorial 3: Working with multiple plates at once
- Copying line items between jobs
- Autonesting multiple plates
- Processing, sequencing and scheduling multiple plates at once
Workflow Tutorial 4: Adding parts to a scheduled plate
- Creating Part Geometry
- Adding Parts to a scheduled plate (unscheduling, adding, rescheduling)
Workflow Tutorial 5: Reusing parts and nests
- Part re-use, using old parts from the database
- Nest re-use, copying old nests to new plates
Editing
Editing Tutorial 3: Exporting and Importing a Bill of Materials
- Export existing workorder items as a Bill of Materials
- Import Bill of Materials into new workorder
Editing Tutorial 4: Importing parts using a CSV file
- Import and examine CSV file
Nesting
Nesting Tutorial 1: Nesting Basics
- Adding Plate to Stock
- Manual nesting, handles, rotation, force-fit
- Copying parts within and between plates
- Nest re-use
Nesting Tutorial 2: Arraying and Clustering
- Basic and staggered arrays
- Array Spacing and Rotation
- Arraying Clusters
Nesting Tutorial 3: Multibox Nesting
- Nesting for multiple torches
Processing
Processing Tutorial 3: Spindle Processing
- Drill application
- Depth control, through or to specified depth
- Compound processing, eg drilling and tapping
- Chamfering
Processing Tutorial 5: Hypertherm True Hole
- Automatic application of Hypertherm True Hole based on hole geometry
Advanced Processing
Advanced Processing Tutorial 1: Common Line Cutting
- Common Line Cutting for multiple parts
Advanced Processing Tutorial 2: Bridging
- Spine bridging
- Auto strike-through bridging
- Manual strike-through bridging
- Avoid distortion problems when bridging
Advanced Processing Tutorial 4: Basic Beveling
- Creating a 30 degree knife bevel
- Creating a bevel and land
- Creating a “K” (also know as “Y”) bevel
Advanced Processing Tutorial 5: Advanced Beveling
- Transition bevels
- Fixing bevel rotation for oblique pipe penetrations
- Complex bevel transitions