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Transcript
00:13
At this point, we are done with our nesting work and we identified the nest with the best efficiency.
00:21
So we think it's Nesting Study 2 and more in particular Nest 5 is the better nest.
00:28
So how can we export this nest to our production facility?
00:34
There are a couple of ways of doing it.
00:36
There is the Export command here and the Create 3D Model command.
00:40
But as you see, they are not available right now.
00:43
And that is because I have selected a Nesting Study Node in the browser.
00:49
You cannot export an entire study.
00:52
So you have to select a sheet to start with and then you see the commands become available.
00:57
They're also there in the Context menu.
00:60
So if you select Export, you can export to a DXF file.
01:08
And by default, we use a configuration file that is read only.
01:15
But if you want to customize it, you could easily duplicate it and then set that as your active configuration file and start editing it.
01:26
So one of the classic changes that I would suggest is to call the layers with a specific name.
01:34
So all the nest book contours, I want them to go to a layer called Nests.
01:39
And the other layers really don't matter here for my example.
01:44
So I can easily remove them and then preview how the result will look like before actually exporting it.
01:55
So I want to proceed with the Export.
02:00
In a similar manner, I can select more than one sheet.
02:04
So here I select the sheets 49 and 50 and I can export those as well together.
02:14
And I'll bring them to a particular location where I want them to go.
02:33
This is the folder.
02:35
When I have multiple sheets selected, note that the preview image is not there.
02:44
And just to show you the results.
02:47
On the AutoCAD side of those two sheets,
02:55
so this is Sheet 50, Sheet 49.
03:01
And you see my layers are called 0 and Nest.
03:06
So if I make this my current layer and I turn off this layer 0, I get only the Nest results.
03:16
And similar for the other nest.
03:29
That's one way of exporting.
03:32
The other way of exporting is by using the command called Create 3D Model.
03:39
So if I would like to export, for instance, this sheet to Inventor as an Inventor part or as an Inventor assembly, I use the Create 3D Model command.
03:53
And here there are multiple options.
03:55
I can export either to a single file which is only advisable if you are concerned about file, a number of files to deal with.
04:06
I would suggest to leave it in the default, in default selection which is Assembly and you can select a folder where you...
04:17
the files get generated.
04:19
Because for each item on a sheet, we will generate an IPT file, in this case.
04:25
And then the 3D model generation methods is either an extrusion or by default, we nest or we export with the real 3D shape.
04:37
And that's probably what you want if you want to maintain full details.
04:43
You can also decide whether you want to group those files in a folder or not.
04:49
So here, I take, I group them in a folder.
04:53
You can decide to include the stock or not, and the stock is equal to the sheet that you are nesting on.
05:02
So when I do this,
05:11
I'm generating an assembly.
05:17
And here is your result.
05:23
So you get the stock and you get, for each component, you get a folder, and all the instances are grouped under that folder.
05:33
Also want to point out that the properties, the properties of each file are maintained.
05:45
So it is aluminum and thickness and so on.
05:49
So, this can be used as input for a CAM operation.
05:55
So you can go to CAM and create the setup from it.
06:03
So in the setup, you want to select cutting, you want for the stock, you want not relative size box, which is default, but you want from solid.
06:16
And that solid is,
06:27
is that stock part that we generated.
06:32
And that's about it.
06:36
And then you can also set your origin, I leave it here by default, which seems to be OK.
06:45
Or maybe I want to put it on, on a stock box point.
06:52
Maybe I want to put it somewhere else like here and that's it.
06:59
You can then use tool as a metric that I like to do to actually show the part on the machine.
07:05
And at this point, you want to use a 2D profile operation.
07:14
I'm using a plasma cutter here.
07:16
The curve width is interesting.
07:18
So that has to be smaller than the separation between the parts.
07:24
So I have to go back to my actual nest and see on material for -5 what I've used for nesting.
07:39
So I've used the item separation of 0.2.
07:43
So if I would use a laser diameter of 0.1, I should be OK.
07:53
So, let's go here again.
07:58
So 0.1 on plasma and then geometry is interesting.
08:05
So the option that would help you a lot is select same plane face because most of the faces are in the same Z height.
08:17
And then you select one, just one of these faces of one of the parts.
08:27
And then you can decide to do the inner loops first for instance.
08:40
And you then...
08:41
You can duplicate the operation and do the outer loops afterwards.
08:55
You can decide to, on the geometry, you can decide to leave tabs,
09:08
and I'll do that here to just make sure that the parts don't fall out of the machine during cutting.
Video transcript
00:13
At this point, we are done with our nesting work and we identified the nest with the best efficiency.
00:21
So we think it's Nesting Study 2 and more in particular Nest 5 is the better nest.
00:28
So how can we export this nest to our production facility?
00:34
There are a couple of ways of doing it.
00:36
There is the Export command here and the Create 3D Model command.
00:40
But as you see, they are not available right now.
00:43
And that is because I have selected a Nesting Study Node in the browser.
00:49
You cannot export an entire study.
00:52
So you have to select a sheet to start with and then you see the commands become available.
00:57
They're also there in the Context menu.
00:60
So if you select Export, you can export to a DXF file.
01:08
And by default, we use a configuration file that is read only.
01:15
But if you want to customize it, you could easily duplicate it and then set that as your active configuration file and start editing it.
01:26
So one of the classic changes that I would suggest is to call the layers with a specific name.
01:34
So all the nest book contours, I want them to go to a layer called Nests.
01:39
And the other layers really don't matter here for my example.
01:44
So I can easily remove them and then preview how the result will look like before actually exporting it.
01:55
So I want to proceed with the Export.
02:00
In a similar manner, I can select more than one sheet.
02:04
So here I select the sheets 49 and 50 and I can export those as well together.
02:14
And I'll bring them to a particular location where I want them to go.
02:33
This is the folder.
02:35
When I have multiple sheets selected, note that the preview image is not there.
02:44
And just to show you the results.
02:47
On the AutoCAD side of those two sheets,
02:55
so this is Sheet 50, Sheet 49.
03:01
And you see my layers are called 0 and Nest.
03:06
So if I make this my current layer and I turn off this layer 0, I get only the Nest results.
03:16
And similar for the other nest.
03:29
That's one way of exporting.
03:32
The other way of exporting is by using the command called Create 3D Model.
03:39
So if I would like to export, for instance, this sheet to Inventor as an Inventor part or as an Inventor assembly, I use the Create 3D Model command.
03:53
And here there are multiple options.
03:55
I can export either to a single file which is only advisable if you are concerned about file, a number of files to deal with.
04:06
I would suggest to leave it in the default, in default selection which is Assembly and you can select a folder where you...
04:17
the files get generated.
04:19
Because for each item on a sheet, we will generate an IPT file, in this case.
04:25
And then the 3D model generation methods is either an extrusion or by default, we nest or we export with the real 3D shape.
04:37
And that's probably what you want if you want to maintain full details.
04:43
You can also decide whether you want to group those files in a folder or not.
04:49
So here, I take, I group them in a folder.
04:53
You can decide to include the stock or not, and the stock is equal to the sheet that you are nesting on.
05:02
So when I do this,
05:11
I'm generating an assembly.
05:17
And here is your result.
05:23
So you get the stock and you get, for each component, you get a folder, and all the instances are grouped under that folder.
05:33
Also want to point out that the properties, the properties of each file are maintained.
05:45
So it is aluminum and thickness and so on.
05:49
So, this can be used as input for a CAM operation.
05:55
So you can go to CAM and create the setup from it.
06:03
So in the setup, you want to select cutting, you want for the stock, you want not relative size box, which is default, but you want from solid.
06:16
And that solid is,
06:27
is that stock part that we generated.
06:32
And that's about it.
06:36
And then you can also set your origin, I leave it here by default, which seems to be OK.
06:45
Or maybe I want to put it on, on a stock box point.
06:52
Maybe I want to put it somewhere else like here and that's it.
06:59
You can then use tool as a metric that I like to do to actually show the part on the machine.
07:05
And at this point, you want to use a 2D profile operation.
07:14
I'm using a plasma cutter here.
07:16
The curve width is interesting.
07:18
So that has to be smaller than the separation between the parts.
07:24
So I have to go back to my actual nest and see on material for -5 what I've used for nesting.
07:39
So I've used the item separation of 0.2.
07:43
So if I would use a laser diameter of 0.1, I should be OK.
07:53
So, let's go here again.
07:58
So 0.1 on plasma and then geometry is interesting.
08:05
So the option that would help you a lot is select same plane face because most of the faces are in the same Z height.
08:17
And then you select one, just one of these faces of one of the parts.
08:27
And then you can decide to do the inner loops first for instance.
08:40
And you then...
08:41
You can duplicate the operation and do the outer loops afterwards.
08:55
You can decide to, on the geometry, you can decide to leave tabs,
09:08
and I'll do that here to just make sure that the parts don't fall out of the machine during cutting.
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