Nesting – Improvement and Optimizations
Since nesting is all about ‘optimizing’, we took another look at optimizing the nesting process to see where we could improve upon what we had.
Step 1, has not changed. From an assembly click ‘Gen, Nested MPR’
With a single click, all ‘unsuppressed’ parts of the assembly will be listed, sized and initially laid out on as many sheets as it takes and that layout displayed.
The nesting process will take a ‘configured’ sheet size – width, length and thickness as well as a perimeter scrap dimension ans apply these while arranging the parts.
Grain orientation of part and board was available in the previous release as were the numerous layout options and these remain the same.
Step 2, Adjusting the layout options has new features added to help the process.
The first is a quick reset of the sheet thickness based on the thickness of the parts. If … Read the rest
