Guide · Leather
Leather grades and hide defects, and how to prepare hide and part files for nesting
How leather hides are graded, which defects matter, and how to prepare hide scanner DXF and part files so every part lands on leather of its grade.
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AAMA and ASTM DXF for marker making: layers, sizes, notches and plies
AAMA/ASTM pattern DXF explained: numbered layers, grain and mirror lines, notches, sizes, quantities and plies, and how to import the pieces for a marker.
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How stripe and plaid matching works in marker making
How stripe and plaid matching works in a marker: match points, repeats across and along the roll, tolerance, and how to mark and nest matched pieces.
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Preparing DXF files for CNC sheet nesting: layers, drilling, grain and kits
How to draw DXF parts for nesting on stock sheets: closed outlines, drilling and engraving layers, grain and face rules, kits, sheet sizes and the cut gap.
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Import profiles: choosing which layers of your part files to import
How Lescut reads each layer of a part file, and how an import profile leaves out frames, dimensions and notes so only parts and their marks are imported.
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Scanner profiles: reading your hide scanner’s DXF files
How a scanner profile maps your hide scanner’s DXF layers to outline, holes, defects and grade zones, and sets the defect margin and default hide price.
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Nesting profiles: the settings every job runs with
The nesting settings every job runs with: search time, gap, tilt, goal, sets mode, batches, fabric width and repeat, and sheet sizes, saved as nesting profiles.
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Cutter profiles: layers and colours your cutting table expects
How a cutter profile puts each kind of line on the layer and colour your cutting table expects, keeps or drops the reference, and cuts shared edges once.
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