Splitting > Splitting Mode > 2D Planar Splitting

The 2D mode is for splitting the current job in two directions. Therefore, no split axis definition is necessary here. When using this splitting mode, a XY-table should be used to place the working piece at the correct position. To use this mode at least two axes of the connected motion controller have to be configured for planar operation.

note

•If an option is grayed out in the splitting settings dialog, it is not possible to use it with the current set splitting option. The availability can be looked up in the following table.

•Checked but grayed out parameters are not used.

• This mode is not optimized for splitting bitmaps. Therefore, some settings will have no effect, as they target vectors. Those are settings such as Split Overlap, Cog Vectors... etc. They will not be grayed out for bitmaps.

2D Planar Splitting Parameters	Vector Marking
2D Planar Splitting Parameters	Fixed Size Splitting	Entity Based Splitting
Axis Speed	✔	✔
Split Repetitions	✔	✔
Job Repetitions	✔	—
Split Overlap	✔	—
Start Position	✔	✔
Workpiece Movement	✔	✔
Automatic Start Position	✔	✔
Move Back to Start Position	✔	✔
Keep Mark In Progress Active	✔	✔
Cog Vectors in Overlap Area	✔	—
Avoid Unnecessary Splits	✔	—
Do Not Recalculate Split Lines	✔	—
Skip Empty Splits	✔	—
Top Level Entities as Split Parts	—	✔
Ungroup Text	—	✔
Horizontal Axis	✔	✔
Vertical Axis	✔	✔
Split Width	✔	—
Split Height	✔	—
Split Order/Preview	✔	—

Table 51: 2D Planar Splitting Parameters

2DPlanarSplitting

Figure 335: 2D Planar Splitting Dialog

2DPlanarSplit

Figure 336: 2D Planar Split

Figure 337: Order of split parts Marking	Here, the splitting routine performs marking one column after another. The scan head always goes back to the top, the vertical movement direction during a split is always the same. This can be inefficient depending on the velocity of the motion device.
Figure 338: Optimized order of split parts marking	In this case, the splitting routine performs marking of the columns as well, but it will not move back to the vertical start position without marking. Instead, it will perform the marking when the vertical motion device is heading back to the border. This saves time.
Figure 339: Defining the position of the split parts	With the two buttons in the middle, the position of the first split part can be defined. With the left button the order of the remaining split parts can be defined.

SplittingOrderVert

Figure 337: Order of split parts Marking

Here, the splitting routine performs marking one column after another. The scan head always goes back to the top, the vertical movement direction during a split is always the same. This can be inefficient depending on the velocity of the motion device.

SplittingOrderVertOptimized

Figure 338: Optimized order of split parts marking

In this case, the splitting routine performs marking of the columns as well, but it will not move back to the vertical start position without marking. Instead, it will perform the marking when the vertical motion device is heading back to the border. This saves time.

2DPlanarSplitting_set_first_split_part

Figure 339: Defining the position of the split parts

With the two buttons in the middle, the position of the first split part can be defined. With the left button the order of the remaining split parts can be defined.