Welcome to Cabcode

Cabcode is a service made for the trade and creates CNC drilling files.

There are many 'cut and edge' services which will take a cutting list of panel sizes and deliver back to you panels in MDF, MFC, Ply etc cut and edged to 0.1mm precision.

Great, that's a huge time saver and you get a quality level that can be achieved only with production grade machinery e.g. Mayer Advanced Line 200

Some cut and edge services will also drill hinge holes. Even better as drilling hinge holes can be problematic without a piece of kit like the Blum Ecodrill.

But of course hinge holes are just one part of the problem - what about the hinge plates on the carcass side? What about dowels to align the panels, drawerboxes, drawer runner holes ...

That's where we come in with the Cabcode service. Using our cabinet templates we generate drilling files that you can give to your cut and edge supplier if they have a CNC drilling machine.

How it works

• Visit cabcode.uk and choose a cabinet template
• Enter your custom sizes - height width and depth
• The system generates a cutting list (which can be downloaded in Microsoft Excel format) and a set of drilling files in both Homag WoodWOP format (MPR files) and Felder TCN format (TCN files)
• The cut and edge supplier imports the Excel file into Magicut, Ardis or whatever optimisation system they use and generate a quote for the cutting and edging the panels
• After the panels are cut and edged the cut and edge supplier loads the drilling files directly onto their CNC drilling machine. No post processing is required as the drilling files have the toolpaths built in.

Other options for generating the drilling files

The cabinet templates are the preferred way to generate drilling files as then everything will match up automatically. However if you want to enter your drilling manually you can do this using an Ad hoc list. With an ad hoc list you enter the height, width and material for each panel and then select the drilling operations you would like applied e.g. hinge hole, dowel hole etc.

Ad hoc list are good for quick drilling jobs. e.g. you have a desk and just need an 80mm diameter cable cutout machined in it. With teh ad hoc list facility you just enter the panel height, width and thickness then select hole and specify the location (x and y), the diameter and depth. The system generates a visual preview so you can see what you will be getting before it is machined.

Why can't my cut and edge supplier produce drilling files from my drawings?

Of course it is possible to give the cut and edge supplier a drawing and ask them to stand at the machine and interpret it. If the drilling pattern is simple and symmetrical e.g. shelf holes centred on the length of the panel then it can be interpreted easily.

However this method of working quickly becomes unmanageable. For example, if the task is to drill face and edge holes to assemble a cabinet with dowels then the drilling needs to be consistent across several panels and the chances of making a mistake increase.

And the process really breaks down when sizes are changed due to end customer requirements and the drilling files need to be revised rendering the drilling file generation work the cut and edge supplier has already done redundant.