Biesse Folding

BiesseWorks
Machining operation programming system

Enclosure: Instructions for use

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5804A0088 ENGLISH
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Table of contents

Table of contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3
Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... 5
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Introduction
1.1

Description of macros ............................................................................................................. 8

Use of the macros

2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4

Description of the macro Folding geometries ........................................................................

Description of the macro Folding roughing-out .....................................................................
Description of the macro Tilting blade folding .......................................................................
Description of the macro Vertical blade folding .....................................................................

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Introduction

Introduction

Purpose and limits of the manual

This document provides specific information that is of fundamental importance to ensure proper
use of the macros to design furniture. For this reason it is essential that you have a thorough
knowledge of the whole software interface described in the BiesseWorks instructions for use.
Given the complexity of the subjects dealt with, the procedures described in this document must
only be carried out by persons with the necessary technical expertise (qualified operators).

Conventions
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described and illustrated below.
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contents must therefore be carefully taken into account in order to prevent serious
accidents.
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damage to goods and property.
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Glossary

Glossary

The following glossary includes the list and description of the specific terms for the BiesseFolding
macros.
For information on the general terms refer to the Glossary in the BiesseWorks instructions for use.

Channel
Profile made on the wooden panel in order to create a score (groove) with a milling cutter or
circular blade.
Coated panel
Panel made of wood (plywood, MDF or chipboard) with one or both surfaces coated with
different material (melamine, PVC, etc.).
Folding Technique
Construction technique for pieces of furniture that consists in folding a single wooden panel on
which 90 scores are applied (V milling for folding), in order to obtain perfect corners and
angles.
Folding
See Folding Technique
Piece of furniture
An individual piece of furniture, such as a chest of drawers, a bedside table, an overhead unit,
etc.
Side
Side element of the piece of furniture.
Wooden panel
General term used to define a panel made of wood, such as a plywood, chipboard, MDF, etc.
panel.

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Introduction

The Biesse Folding macros are used to design pieces of furniture using the Folding technique.
The term Folding refers to a construction system for pieces of furniture that involves folding a
single wooden panel on which scores are applied at ninety degrees, in order to obtain perfect
corners and angles (see figure 1).
Figure 1

The necessary machining operations are designed and programmed with the aid of suitable
macros, which are to be called up inside the BPP document.
Find below the sequence of operations to be followed during the piece of furniture programming
stage:
1.

Run the Editor application software and display the corresponding toolbar using one of the
following procedures:
click on menu Display and on the option Additions Toolbar > BiesseFolding;
display the context menu of the menu bar and click on the option Additions Toolbar >
BiesseFolding.
If the BiesseFolding bar is not displayed, macros are disabled: in this case enable them (see
chapter related to the use of macros in the BiesseWorks instructions for use).

1.

Create a new document, ignoring the parameters in the dialogue box Piece variables.

2.

Call up the macros to design geometries (see section Design macros).

3.

Call up the necessary machining macros (see section Machining macros).

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1.1

Description of macros

The macros to be used can be grouped together as follows:

Design macros
Machining macros

Design macros
Button

Description
Geometric parameter macros to define the profile of the piece of furniture on which
to make the channels (see section 2.1, page 11).

Machining macros
The macros in this group are used to insert the necessary machining operations according to the
type of tool used: circular blade or circular milling cutter.

Button

Description
Macro to carry out rough cutting operations, to be applied before the actual
machining operation, or to finish the final shape, cutting the excess material
(waste).
For a detailed description of this macro, see section 2.2, page 14.
Macro to make cuts using the circular milling cutter installed in an adjustable
spindle (see figure 2). Its application excludes the use of the macro
detailed description of this macro, see section 2.3, page 14.

. For a

Figure 2

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Button

Description
Macro to make cuts using the circular blade that only makes vertical cuts (see
figure 3). Its application excludes the use of the macro
description of this macro, see section 2.4, page 14.

. For a detailed

Figure 3

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2 Use of the macros

Use of the macros

The following chapter includes the information on how to use the macros to program the wooden
panel machining using the Folding technique.
In the following paragraphs, only the specific parameters for each individual macro are
described. For the description of the technological parameters present on the dialogue
boxes, see the chapter corresponding to machining operation programming, in the
BiesseWorks instructions for use.

2.1

Description of the macro Folding geometries

To call up the macro Folding geometries, click on

settings by clicking on

. Fill in the data fields and confirm the

The parameters present in the dialogue box can be divided into three groups:
General parameters; general parameters, to be filled in according to your own requirements.
Parameters to define the scores; parameters to be filled in to create a piece of furniture

defining the channels positioning points with precision.

Parameters to define the piece of furniture dimensions; parameters to be filled in to create a

piece of furniture according to its dimensions: width, thickness and height. The filling in of
these parameters is overriding, i.e. it excludes filling in of the parameters that are part of the
group Parameters to define the scores.

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General parameters
ANG; angle of the score to be made in order to fold the wooden panel.
P; score depth.
S; height of the chamfer present on the circular tool (blade or milling cutter) that will make the
score (figure 4). This parameter is only valid for the tools installed in an adjustable spindle.
Figure 4

BOX; used to define the type of the piece of furniture.

0 = piece of furniture without casing (figure 5).
1 = open piece of furniture (figure 5).
2 = closed piece of furniture (figure 5).
Figure 5

SF; used to carry out through machining operations after the channels final point, so that the waste
can be removed more easily.

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Parameters to define the scores

XS; distance in X between the wooden panel side margin and the channel centre.
XN; number of channels to be made along the X axis.
XP; distance in X between adjacent channels.
YS; distance in Y between the wooden panel side margin and the channel centre.
YN; number of channels to be made along the Y axis.
YP; distance in Y between adjacent channels.

Parameters to define the piece of furniture dimensions

BL; piece of furniture width (figure 6).
BP; piece of furniture depth (figure 6).
BA; piece of furniture height (figure 6).
Figure 6

BP

BA
BL

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2.2

Description of the macro Folding roughing-out

To call up the macro Folding roughing-out, click on

settings by clicking on

2.3

. Fill in the data fields and confirm the

Description of the macro Tilting blade folding

To call up the macro Tilting blade folding, click on

settings by clicking on

. Fill in the data fields and confirm the

IND; used to reverse the feed direction of the tool. When making the score, the tool does not begin
at the profile start point, but at the endpoint.
0 = function disabled.
1 = function enabled.

Programming tips
It is advisable to set, in the Correction data field, the Right Corr. option.
The Depth data field must not be filled in, as the depth value is obtained from the settings

defined in the macro Folding geometries.

2.4

Description of the macro Vertical blade folding

To call up the macro Vertical blade folding, click on

settings by clicking on

. Fill in the data fields and confirm the

S; blade thickness.
IND; used to reverse the feed direction of the tool. When making the score, the tool does not begin
at the profile start point, but at the endpoint.
0 = function disabled.
1 = function enabled.

Programming tips
It is advisable to set, in the Correction data field, the Centre Corr. option.
The Depth data field must not be filled in, as the depth value is obtained from the settings

defined in the macro Folding geometries.

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