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Drilled diamond cassette

Pyramidal relief whose four facets carry round holes in a gradient: the diameter follows the distance to the apex. Pitch, diameters, pattern and gradient direction are adjustable.

Open in the studio
The same pattern, drawn by the same engine: what is on screen is what goes to the machine.
Drilled diamond cassette — 2 × 2 panel wall, single panel and flat pattern — generated by the engine with the default parameters.
2 × 2 panel wall, single panel and flat pattern — generated by the engine with the default parameters.

ACM 3D Studio

Developed
714.1 × 519.6 mm
Material
ACM 4 mm
Folds
11
Mark
pyramid-perforated

Fabrication data

Drilled diamond cassette — at 600 × 400 mm in 4 mm ACM, this family unfolds into a 714.1 × 519.6 mm flat pattern with 11 folds, all grooved from the back: no pass on the coated face. A 1,500 × 3,200 mm sheet holds 12 of them, for 14.6 % waste.

Developed size (flat pattern)714.1 × 519.6 mm
Material per panel
0.342 m²
Folds
11
Total groove length
4,742 mm
Cutting length
3,535 mm
Corner slits
1
Corner reliefs
3
Drill holes
422

V-grooves (apex angle)

  • 90°1,664 mm
  • 78.7°1,195 mm
  • 13.6°1,088 mm
  • 82.4°795 mm

Panels per sheet

  • 1,220 × 2,440 mm6(31.1 % waste)
  • 1,500 × 3,200 mm12(14.6 % waste)

DXF layers

  • CONTOUR3,535 mm
  • RAINURE_902,459 mm
  • RAINURE_1001,195 mm
  • RAINURE_1601,088 mm
  • PERCAGE× 422

The names and colours your CAM software will show. RAINURE_AVANT: fold concave on the visible face, sheet flipped for that pass.

Computed by the engine at the default parameters, on 4 mm ACM and the reference router. Your own machine and material profiles change these values in the studio.

Parameters

ParametersRangeDefault
Width200 – 3,000 mm600 mm
Height200 – 3,000 mm400 mm
Relief height5 – 150 mm40 mm
Apex position X10 – 90 %50 %
Apex position Y10 – 90 %50 %
Return depth0 – 200 mm40 mm
Fixing tabs—✓
Tab width10 – 60 mm20 mm
Circular perforation—✓
Perforated facetsMain facet / AllAll
PatternGrid / StaggeredStaggered
Pitch8 – 120 mm20 mm
Largest diameter2 – 60 mm11 mm
Smallest diameter1 – 60 mm3 mm
Diameter gradientNone / Linear / Radial / By available spaceRadial
Gradient direction0 – 360 °45 °
Invert (large holes at the edge)—✓
Solid margin5 – 100 mm20 mm

PresetsLarge holes at the edgeLarge holes near the apex

Manufacturing constraints

  1. The return must exceed the groove width plus half the bend deduction, or the groove eats into the return.
  2. Facet-to-facet folds are grooved with the smallest cutter of the profile, V left open: the angle is held by the geometry. The angle between two facets must not exceed that cutter’s apex angle.
  3. Vertical returns, all tabs flat in the −D plane (rail mounting). The facet-to-return fold is 90° ± slope: below 90°, the 90° cutter is left open and the return is held by the riveted tab; above 90° (facet descending towards the edge), a wider cutter (60° nominal = 120° apex) or the machine profile’s overfold tolerance is needed.
  4. Every raised vertex requires a V-slit to the edge (a flat sheet has 360°, the relief less). Near the vertex the slit is narrower than the contour tool: it is cut along its axis and the tool bites each facet by up to Ø/2.
  5. Tabs are shortened at every corner and every kink of the edge so they never collide behind the panel: by (return + 2 mm), and more on a sharp corner, where the bisector must be cleared (tab width ÷ tan(angle/2)). An edge too short gets no tab.
  6. Holes at the given pitch: the largest hole is reduced to keep at least the contour tool diameter of material between neighbours; every hole fits inside the facet minus the margin. Holes smaller than the contour tool are drilled (PERCAGE layer).
  7. The edge margin must cover half the bend deduction (the fold axis moves into the facet) plus half the widest groove, or a hole bites into the V-groove.

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