Finding perimeter of job

[frankles_42]

I want to be able to take a job for a customer and draw it up in torchmate cad/cam and then find the perimeter of all the parts that I have to cut, so basically how far the torch will travel while it's turned on. Then I can use that length to quote the job for the customer based on a set rate of x dollars/inch. Is there any way that I can accomplish this in torchmate cad/cam or the torchmate vmd software?

 

[Dnmeistr-LECS]

Short answer no. Long answer do the math, you would have to dry run it, to see the run time then you can multiply seconds x speed to get distance. Same as you would for MPH in a car.

 

[Arkansas Metal Art]

Ditto dnmeister. Problem I run into is I don’t want to spend time designing and toolpathing a job I may not get. After you cut for awhile you get used to how long it’s going to take. I make an educated guess and add 15-20%. I charge $2 per minute for cut time and a flat fee to load and unload the table based on sheet size. Unloading all the parts is the biggest job IMO. Time is $$.

 

[frankles_42]

Alright thanks, that's what I was thinking of trying if there was no other options.