Patent ID: 8204618

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for setting up a cutting table for an automated high temperature thermal cutting system to cut a shape selected by a user, the method comprising: loading into a computer a computer-readable product including data for the shape of at least one part to be cut from a workpiece; selecting, by the computer, mandatory operating parameters that correspond to a process and workpiece for the shape of the at least one part to be cut from the workpiece; requiring, by the computer, the user to select values for at least one parameter selected by the computer, the at least one parameter from a predetermined menu of the mandatory operating parameters for the shape of the at least one part to be cut from the workpiece, wherein the predetermined menu of mandatory operating parameters comprise at least two of an operating current, a gas flow, a thickness of the workpiece or a material of the workpiece; and controlling the high temperature thermal cutting system in accordance with the selected values.