CHANGING THE
CUT SEQUENCE
IN CORELDRAW
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Scanning & cutting shapes
Importing from another program
Scaling for kerf compensation
Changing the cut sequence
Setting the direction of cut
Duplicating and nesting shapes
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You will want to arrange the cut order (sequence) so that interior shapes are cut out before exterior shapes, and to move the torch around the material in the most time efficient manner.
 
You can accomplish this in CorelDraw by cutting (using the scissors tool) and repasting each shape in the same order as you want them cut.  Corel then changes the cut order.  Here the interior shape at the lower left is the first that we want to cut.   The black arrow shows the tools that will be used to cut and re-paste the little oval in the same position.
 
Always observe the cut process off-line in the Torchmate software to make sure the sequence is correct before actually cutting metal.