Often the part program sizes between FACE5 and FACE6 are different. For example a FACE5 program might do part formatting on the raw board size (i.e. 1004x604x25mm), then the FACE6 program size (i.e. 1000x600x25mm) needs to be smaller than the FACE5 program.

This could be achieved by adding an optional value behind the existing Length, Width or Thickness columns for the new FACE6 size. (i.e. Length size = 1004|1000;2), (i.e. Width size = 604|600;2), (i.e. Thickness size = 25|24;0). Here FACE5 length = 1004mm, FACE6 length = 1000mm, FACE6 origin offset in X = 2mm.

The named cell reference, Panel_Length, then references the first value (1004mm) for any machining token on FACE5 (or faces 1 to4), or the second value (1000mm) with an origin offset of 2mm, if the machining token is on FACE6. The same applies for the Panel_Width and Panel_Thickness. If the second size is missing, then Panel_Length simply defaults to the the first value.

Sometimes our FACE6 programs are larger than the FACE5 program, for example, when we format a worktop, than glue solid edging (say 12mm wide) around the perimeter and place the part back on the CNC for further milling. In this case the Length size might be 1004|1024;-10