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Nesting for Senfeng fiber lasers (SF-Mimir and others)

Senfeng's high-power H4 ships with Senfeng's own SF-Mimir LS control system and SF-Nest; the brochures of its other sheet lasers name no software. What Zorocut exports for a Senfeng and how to pick the setting. Status: untested.

Updated · By the Zorocut team
Short answer

Senfeng's brochure for the H4 (up to 20 kW) names its own SF-Mimir LS intelligent control system, with SF-Nest automatic nesting installed; the brochures for the 1530N, 1313N, 3015NP and 1530G describe a CNC or bus-based CNC system without naming the software. None documents DXF import. Zorocut exports a plain DXF per sheet in mm with only lines, arcs and circles; choose the setting by the software on your machine's screen. Status: untested.

Software
SF-Mimir LS · SF-Nest
In Zorocut
Machine tab → Controller: Other
DXF
ASCII R2000 / R12, mm
Entities
LINE, ARC, CIRCLE
Layers
ZC_CUT, ZC_MARK, ZC_ENGRAVE, ZC_SHEET, ZC_LABEL
Lead-ins, kerf, micro-joints
Added in the machine's control software (SF-Mimir LS on the H4; not documented by Senfeng)
Status
Untested — Zorocut can export for it, but its DXF import is not documented anywhere we could read.

What Senfeng's brochures say

BrochureControl system as described
H4 (up to 20 kW, 60 mm)SF-Mimir LS intelligent control system, SF-Nest nesting installed
1530NBus-based CNC system with a 27.5-inch screen, not named
1313N, 3015NPIntelligent bus-based CNC system, not named
1530GA widely used CNC system, not named

The H4 brochure lists SF-Mimir LS among Senfeng's core components of independent research, next to its SF-PowerPlus laser source and its own cutting head, and says Senfeng develops its own CNC systems. None of the brochures lists the file formats the control system reads.

Which Zorocut setting to use

Software on your Senfeng's screenController in Zorocut
SF-MimirOther
CypCut or CypCutECypCut
HypCutOther
Any other nameOther

The DXF is the same in every case. If your screen shows Bochu software, the import steps are on the CypCut and HypCut pages.

What Zorocut exports

One ASCII DXF per sheet, R2000 (or R12), in mm, with only LINE, ARC and CIRCLE on five layers — ZC_CUT, ZC_MARK, ZC_ENGRAVE, ZC_SHEET, ZC_LABEL — and the sheet's lower-left corner at 0,0. No splines, blocks or polylines, which gives an undocumented importer the least to misread.

Settings in Zorocut

  1. Machine tab: kind Fiber laser, your power in W, and the controller from the table above.
  2. Export profile DXF R2000; try R12 if the software refuses the file.
  3. Part labels and Sheet outline off on SF-Mimir, since its handling of text and extra layers is not documented.
  4. Open one sheet on the machine and check a part's size against the drawing before the first cut.

Not verified yet

  • No Senfeng import has been done with a Zorocut file.
  • SF-Mimir LS has no public manual we could open: its DXF import, layers and units are not documented.
  • Which software the models without a named system run is not stated in Senfeng's brochures.

Frequently asked questions

Does a Senfeng run CypCut?

Senfeng's own brochures do not say so: the H4 names Senfeng's SF-Mimir LS, and the others name no software. If your screen shows CypCut, set Controller CypCut and follow the CypCut page.

Do I need SF-Nest if I use Zorocut?

No. Either one nests the sheet. SF-Nest runs inside SF-Mimir on the machine; Zorocut nests and prices the job in the office and hands the controller a finished DXF per sheet.

Is Zorocut affiliated with Senfeng?

No. SF-Mimir and SF-Nest are Senfeng products; the names are used here only to describe compatibility.

Sources

  1. Senfeng, Metal Sheet Fiber Laser Cutter H4 brochure (SF-Mimir LS, SF-Nest)
  2. Senfeng, Metal Sheet Fiber Laser Cutter 1530N brochure
  3. Senfeng, Metal Sheet Fiber Laser Cutter 1530G brochure
  4. Senfeng, product brochures (1313N, 3015NP and the rest)

Product names are used only to describe compatibility. Zorocut is not affiliated with their makers.

Nest and price the job before it reaches the machine

Zorocut Nest and the free online nester write this DXF. Your files stay on your computer.