Using a commercially available scanner, included in the package, you can scan a wood sample or a hand made drawing into Tem Techs Template Sketcher © software. If a CAD drawing is already available then this step can be skipped and the CAD drawing (DXF) can be imported into the next step.

Once the image is in the Template Sketcher © software you can trace or clean up the image with the given tools in the program. This software is specifically designed for this task. Easily trace the sample and modify lines and radius. It is especially useful for damaged samples or hand drawn images.

Next bring the template drawing into Cut-2D © where the drawing is prepared for running on the CNC Router. Designate a router bit for cutting the template, a material to cut and other factors for CNC machining. Once setup these variables rarely change. A final click of the mouse writes the CNC G-Code for you! No programming or computer degree needed.

Now for the fun part. Load the template material onto the machine. Open in Mach3 © the CNC G-Code program that was written and with a click of the mouse the template starts being cut! The Mach3 © software monitors the machine, controls the speeds and gives a real time digital display of the status of the program.