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Hexagonal plateau cassette

Raised hexagonal plateau at the centre of the panel, joined to the edges by ten facets. Adjustable plateau size and height; six short slits at the plateau corners, returns split mid-way on the left and right edges.

Open in the studio
The same pattern, drawn by the same engine: what is on screen is what goes to the machine.
Hexagonal plateau 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
713.1 × 517 mm
Material
ACM 4 mm
Folds
22
Mark
hexagon-plateau

Fabrication data

Hexagonal plateau cassette — at 600 × 400 mm in 4 mm ACM, this family unfolds into a 713.1 × 517 mm flat pattern with 22 folds, all grooved from the back: no pass on the coated face. A 1,500 × 3,200 mm sheet holds 12 of them, for 14.3 % waste.

Developed size (flat pattern)713.1 × 517 mm
Material per panel
0.343 m²
Folds
22
Total groove length
5,319 mm
Cutting length
6,475 mm
Corner slits
8
Corner reliefs
6

V-grooves (apex angle)

  • 90°1,496 mm
  • 71.5°1,197 mm
  • 20.5°488 mm
  • 9.8°488 mm
  • 75.5°412 mm
  • 80.9°404 mm
  • …

Panels per sheet

  • 1,220 × 2,440 mm6(30.9 % waste)
  • 1,500 × 3,200 mm12(14.3 % waste)

DXF layers

  • CONTOUR6,475 mm
  • RAINURE_901,900 mm
  • RAINURE_1001,609 mm
  • RAINURE_1601,322 mm
  • RAINURE_135488 mm

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 mm35 mm
Plateau size30 – 80 %55 %
Return depth0 – 200 mm40 mm
Fixing tabs—✓
Tab width10 – 60 mm20 mm

PresetsCentred hexagonLarge plateau, deep relief

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. The flank keeps at least 30 mm between the plateau and each edge: a plateau too large is reduced.

Further reading