ACM·3D
Studio

Aluminium composite 3 – 6 mm · 3-axis router

From the 3D cassette to a machinable DXF.

Pick a panel family, set a dozen parameters, export the contour, the V-grooves and the drills on their layers. The flat pattern is right by construction: you draw nothing.

Open the studioSee the 39 families

Free trial: 3 DXF a month with an account. Watch the 15-second demo

Four-notch star cassette — the pattern and the fold come from the same computation.
  • 39 families
  • DXF R12/R2000
  • grooves RAINURE_90 RAINURE_135
  • 4 languages

Façades, not thumbnails

Every wall below is rendered by the studio engine in a real finish: the geometry you see is the geometry that goes to the machine.

What the machine receives

One DXF per part, in millimetres, seen from the back — ACM is grooved from the back. The outline on CONTOUR, each V-groove on the layer of its cutter, drills as circles on PERCAGE, marks in ASCII on REPERE. The operator reads the layer name and mounts the cutter.

pyramid.dxf · R12 · mm · excerpt around a 90° groove
  1. 0SEQEND
  2. 8CONTOUR
  3. 0POLYLINE
  4. 8RAINURE_90
  5. 661
  6. 700
  7. 100.0
  8. 200.0
  9. 300.0
  10. 0VERTEX
  11. 8RAINURE_90
  12. 10660.4655
  13. 20452.4917
  14. 300.0
  15. 0VERTEX
  16. 8RAINURE_90
  17. 10655.2306
  18. 2054.2509
  19. 300.0
  20. 0SEQEND
  21. …
Flat pattern

The same pattern, drawn by the same engine: what is on screen is what goes to the machine.

Layers

CONTOUR
outline and cut-outs, closed polyline
RAINURE_90
V-groove axis, cutter 90° nominal
RAINURE_100
V-groove axis, cutter 100° nominal
RAINURE_160
V-groove axis, cutter 160° nominal
RAINURE_AVANT_<n>
groove from the visible face (concave folds)
PERCAGE
circles at exact diameter
REPERE
part and fold marks, ASCII
COTATION
dimensions, never machined

Four steps, in this order

  1. 01

    Choose

    A family from the catalogue: pyramid, slope, chevron, flat cassette, truss…

  2. 02

    Set

    Dimensions, relief height, returns, tabs, drills. The 3D view and the flat pattern follow live.

  3. 03

    Check

    The engine checks the pattern: faces, grooves, drills, sheet format. An error blocks the export.

  4. 04

    Export

    DXF R12 or R2000, cut sheet, nesting on 1220 × 2440 or 1500 × 3200 sheets.

What the engine refuses

A colliding pattern is never exported. Nothing is dropped silently: every lost or refused entity carries a code, shown in the studio and on the cut sheet.

  • FACE_OVERLAPblocks the export

    Overlapping faces

    Two faces share the same area of the flat pattern: the sheet would be wasted.

  • DRILL_IN_GROOVEblocks the export

    Drill in a groove

    A hole bites into a fold’s V-groove: increase the drill margin.

  • ASSEMBLY_OVERLAPblocks the export

    Assembly collision

    Two folded faces share the same plane and collide (adjacent tabs): shorten the tabs or enlarge the return.

  • CUTTER_UNAVAILABLEblocks the export

    Cutter not available

    No cutter in the machine profile produces this fold angle.

One test piece, one measurement, and every DXF is to size

Every fold “eats” a fraction of a millimetre, different for your machine, your cutter and your panel. The studio measures it on a single test piece and then corrects it in all your files. It is optional: without calibration, your parts are accurate to about 1 mm.

1 test piece · 2 folds · 1 measurement

1
Download the U-shaped test piece and cut it like a normal part.
2
Fold it, then measure the middle face with a calliper, on the outside.
3
Type the measurement: the studio states the gap plainly and corrects all your DXF.

Once per cutter and per thickness. Cutters used by a family and not yet calibrated are flagged in the studio.

Calibration coupon

39 families

Whole catalogue

Each thumbnail is produced by the engine with the default parameters. None is drawn.

Whole catalogue

Pay for the file, not the trial

Everything can be set up and checked for free. What you pay for is the DXF that goes to the machine.

  • Discovery

    €0

    To set up, check and show.

  • 24-hour pass

    €9once

    One job, one day.

  • Pro

    €29/ month

    or €290 a year — 2 months free

See pricing

Who it is for

  • Cutting and folding workshop

    You receive 3D façades and you have to get sheets out. The DXF arrives by layer, with the cutter named in the layer.

  • Façade engineering office

    You quote and you check. Cut sheet, nesting, manufacturing constraints written in plain words on every family page.

  • Architect

    You design a façade in relief. You try the families and send the workshop a link that holds the configuration.

Workshop questions

Do I need an account?

To export, yes: a free account gives 3 DXF a month on the free families. The 3D view, flat pattern, diagnostics and augmented reality open without an account, and the 24-hour pass is paid without one.

Which DXF format?

R12 (AC1009) by default, for workshop compatibility, R2000 (AC1015) as an option. Millimetre units, ASCII text, back view.

How are the layers named?

CONTOUR, RAINURE_<angle> (RAINURE_90, RAINURE_135…), RAINURE_AVANT_<angle> for grooves from the face, PERCAGE, REPERE, COTATION. The angle is the cutter angle, as the workshop names it.

Is the bend deduction reliable?

It is calibrated by coupon: you cut, fold, measure, and the material profile keeps the value per angle. While an angle is not calibrated, the deduction equals the thickness and the studio says so.

Can I draw my own shape?

No. ACM 3D Studio is not a modeller: you set parameters on families whose flat pattern is guaranteed. That is what makes the export safe.

How do I connect an agent or a script?

An MCP endpoint is exposed at /api/mcp: list and describe families, build a panel, export the DXF, nest on a sheet, calibrate the deduction.

Your next façade starts with one setting.

Open the studio, pick a family, watch it fold.

Open the studioSee the 39 families