6th Face refers to the face opposite the main machined face of a part.

For example, in a Door the main face (1st face) may be the front of the door with  a routed design. The 6th face being the back of the door, where the hinges are mounted. The reason it is the 6th face is that the four edges of the door are faces 2 to 5. So when processed on a flatbed, the part has to be turned over to machine both its 1st and 6th faces.

6th Face Machining

The Mach.General > 6th Face Machining page in the Catalog/Drawing Properties allows you to enable 6th face machining.

 

Divisions and Universal Parts

Turn on the Combine opposite Faces option checkbox to enable 6th face machining on divisions and universal parts.

• This will merge any opposite face dxf's into one for nesting.
• Machining on the "opposite" face of the part will be outputted with "-opp" added to the end of the layer name.

 

Doors & Drawer Fronts

Turn on Output Back Face When Machining Profiles option checkbox when machining profile doors and drawer fronts which will allow you to output both faces to machining.

• This will output the profile and back face hinges in the same dxf.
• Layer name used by Profile machining can be altered (for when the 6th face selection in the cabinet is different to the overall drawing) by using an extension.

 

Custom Tables

When machining both faces of doors, you can specify which side of the door to apply custom machining tables to.

Select one of the options using the radio buttons i.e.

• Profile: Custom tables will be applied to the front face of the door.

• Back: Custom tables will be applied to the back face of the door.