Exporting a Job

Export job… writes the CAM-ready bundle into a folder you choose. This is the route that does not need MapleCAM: the output is plain SVG, which any CAM package can read.

What lands in the folder

For each panel in the job:

panel-<n>-cut.svg — the cut contours.
panel-<n>-engrave.svg — the engraved marks.
panel-<n>-combined.svg — both together, for looking at.

Plus one maplecam-setup.txt — the setup sheet, telling whoever is running the machine which stock to load and how to machine each SVG.

The combined file is the one to open when you want to check the job by eye. Cut from the separate files.

Why cut and engrave are separate files

Because they are different operations with different tools, and often different machines: a router cuts the outlines while a laser does the engraving, or a single machine does both in two setups with a tool change between.

Keeping them apart means each file maps to one operation with one tool, and nothing has to be filtered by layer or colour downstream.

Multiple panels

A job that needs more than one board exports one pair of files per panel, numbered. Cut them in order; the setup sheet lists what each one needs.

The setup sheet

Read it before cutting. It names the material and thickness the design was built for — a job cut in the wrong thickness will have joints that do not fit, and the sheet is the check against that. It also carries any warnings the job generated, such as holding-tab caveats.

Headless export

The same bundle can be produced without opening the window:

tenon --export <design.tenon> --out <dir>