Nesting

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The process of efficiently positioning sheet parts in a sheet to reduce material waste.

Distance between parts 20mm

Nesting steps: 1.Set up nest template: ShipConstructor/navigator/templates/Nest01:

  • units:mm
  • text style : KP arial narrow

2.Check stock plate in manager 3.Create the Nest files. 4.In every nest file insert nest plate. In general are 5 nest in a row with distance 500mm.Second row 1000 mm under. 5.Insert the parts: array individually. 6. Nest the parts: first the big plates starting lower left corner. 7.When nest is done assign the parts to the nest. 8.Navigator/unit/ check nests. If OK you get the message :0 parts remain unnested!