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    Can the Bobcad nest this part

    im looking for a nesting program that can nest this part can the new bobcad do it
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    No these parts are self intersecting and will not nest.


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    do you need it to just cut the outside shape?


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    Time for another display of my ignorance. What is nesting?


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    Nesting is basically the layout of many as parts as possible in a specified area in an optimum pattern.


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    Anyone doing a small amount of nesting may want to look at the Cad nester form Wittlock Engineering as an inexpensive solution. http://www.wittlockeng.com/CAD%20Nes...TA%20SHEET.pdf

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    I find that copy and paste works better than most nesting software. Yes you can do a part in part. But you can't do a part in part in part


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    Smile Nesting

    I will agree that copy and past works if you are filling the entire sheet with the same part. Due to material cost and better efficiently it’s better to nest all required like material parts for any given day and only produce what is needed.

    I took the time to do a study on hand nesting or software generated nesting and found out some interesting things that may very depending on your product mix. If an order was for more than 25 with a mix of 30 different types of parts I could justify hand nesting to save material and cycle time. Anything less than 25 I could not justify my time to manual build the nests.


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    Manual vs. Automated Nesting

    Here is something for all to consider.

    www.optinest.com/cd

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