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00:13
Let's have a look on how to customize your display.
00:17
In the case where you have sheet metal parts that have a varying size from very small to very large, the display might start to look cluttered.
00:30
So if you want to unclutter the display, you could uncheck the header annotations from the display, first of all.
00:42
You could also decide to not show the first and the last nest for instance and just concentrate on a single nest.
00:55
And if you look at this one, you see that there are two parts that are lonely on this third nest.
01:04
So is there a way to get better efficiency?
01:08
And of course, there is.
01:11
You could use a different packaging for instance.
01:14
So we use a 20 by 20 packaging here.
01:17
So we could add a packaging and say… I call this like larger or something.
01:27
And that larger packaging, we want 21 by 21 for instance.
01:35
OK. So you now edit the Nest.
01:41
We can bring in that packaging.
01:45
We can even decide to put it first and we know that we don't have an infinite number of these sizes in stock.
01:54
So we can override the infinite quantity to let's say 5.
01:60
And now, because I have as listed here, turn on, we will try to nest first on the larger sizes at least for five of those.
02:13
And then when we validate the nest, you will see the result.
02:18
So at this point, only two sheets were used.
02:24
So more economical way of doing things, let's even throw in something more.
02:34
How would you...
02:37
We allowed the use of multiple nesting studies so that you could visually verify the efficiency of each nest study.
02:47
So that's what I'm going to do here.
02:51
So I'm going back to my material and you see here the bolt on the packaging, the first packaging, it's a default packaging.
03:02
I want a larger packaging to be used going forward.
03:06
So as you can see, we could have multiple defaults at the same time.
03:11
But in this case, I don't want to use packaging 5 any longer.
03:15
So I just want to favor the larger ones just to have a proper comparison with my first study.
03:23
So then I create a new study.
03:25
I use the same job quantity.
03:30
And now I filter out only the parts that are aluminum because, let me go back for a second.
03:40
So this nest here, if you look at the nest is using material 5, which is the aluminum parts.
03:49
So when I create that nest, second nest study with job quantity 5,
03:56
I want to filter out everything that is not aluminum and there is special techniques to do that which I won't show you here.
04:06
So in the material column, you can filter and you can say, filter out all the parts that start with ST, which grabs both stainless and steel.
04:22
And then you select the filtered parts and remove them from selection.
04:32
The filter is still on.
04:33
So to get the overview, I cleared the filters.
04:37
So now you see that only the aluminum parts are selected here with the check box and the other ones are not participating in the nest.
04:47
The other thing that you would see is that for the aluminum part, I'm using my default material larger automatically.
04:56
I don't have to do any selection here because I set it as default.
05:01
And then we'll just proceed with the nest.
05:11
Not surprising we get the same nest.
05:14
What I want to demonstrate here is what is the influence of rotation on that second nest?
05:21
So if I edit that second nest, by default, the rotation is inherited from the material definition.
05:30
But what if I unbind it, which means break the associative material, then I can go in and say, I don't want to rotate any of these parts.
05:43
I just want to use them at 0 degree.
05:51
And I do that for the 3 degrees of freedom here and the 90, 180, and 270.
05:59
So I set them to 0, and then we recalculate the Nest.
06:09
So here you clearly see that because I'm in Nest Orientation Display, none of the parts got oriented different from 0.
06:19
And the result is that I have a less economical nest because I'm using a third sheet for the same amount of parts.
06:29
And the last thing I want to show here is on the rotation.
06:34
So, I'll update that first nest as well.
06:46
So we...
06:53
So, on the second nest, I want to show the rotation influence.
06:59
So, I could set an initial rotation like 45 degree.
07:05
So that would mean that I could force a rotation on all the parts.
07:19
And would come out like this.
07:21
You would do this if you are dealing with wooden parts and want to obtain a certain direction of grain.
07:30
So I've defined this material 5 with a grain direction, a material grain of 0 degree.
07:42
So if I want to obtain a grain of 45 on my nested parts or cut parts, I need to force the rotation at 45 in the nest itself.
07:54
Just to show you the interaction between my orientation variable here and the grain direction in the material.
08:04
So they both play together.
08:09
The last thing I want to show is that you could also play with these values here like place your nest in the upper right corner,
08:21
and minimize the length to give you all kind of different results.
08:28
So now you see the parts go in the upper corner and things like that.
08:32
So, the final thing I want to show on the nest here is, for instance, on this sheet here,
08:41
you can bring up a report, like double clicking or using properties.
08:50
That report will give you all detail and we tend to give more detail than you need.
09:00
Those reports can be customized, could be part of an additional video,
09:07
but it will go too far in this video if I need to explain how to customize the report.
09:14
But you see you can collapse certain sections here.
09:20
You could also...
09:27
Certain of these tables can be sorted by clicking in the column, things like that.
09:34
We show you the cost, we show you the count, you can hover with the mouse over any of those charts to get more detail.
09:45
We also show parts that could not fit on the sheet if they would exist.
09:50
Things like that.
09:52
You can save this part as HTML and send it to someone else without any problem.
10:01
You can also print it.
10:03
You can search for, let's say aluminum.
10:18
Or maybe not.
10:20
Or search for like...
10:24
Right.
10:27
So there is a hopper frame right, with right frame.
10:31
So we have search capability, et cetera.
10:35
You can use more than one template and then update the existing report with other templates, things like that.
Video transcript
00:13
Let's have a look on how to customize your display.
00:17
In the case where you have sheet metal parts that have a varying size from very small to very large, the display might start to look cluttered.
00:30
So if you want to unclutter the display, you could uncheck the header annotations from the display, first of all.
00:42
You could also decide to not show the first and the last nest for instance and just concentrate on a single nest.
00:55
And if you look at this one, you see that there are two parts that are lonely on this third nest.
01:04
So is there a way to get better efficiency?
01:08
And of course, there is.
01:11
You could use a different packaging for instance.
01:14
So we use a 20 by 20 packaging here.
01:17
So we could add a packaging and say… I call this like larger or something.
01:27
And that larger packaging, we want 21 by 21 for instance.
01:35
OK. So you now edit the Nest.
01:41
We can bring in that packaging.
01:45
We can even decide to put it first and we know that we don't have an infinite number of these sizes in stock.
01:54
So we can override the infinite quantity to let's say 5.
01:60
And now, because I have as listed here, turn on, we will try to nest first on the larger sizes at least for five of those.
02:13
And then when we validate the nest, you will see the result.
02:18
So at this point, only two sheets were used.
02:24
So more economical way of doing things, let's even throw in something more.
02:34
How would you...
02:37
We allowed the use of multiple nesting studies so that you could visually verify the efficiency of each nest study.
02:47
So that's what I'm going to do here.
02:51
So I'm going back to my material and you see here the bolt on the packaging, the first packaging, it's a default packaging.
03:02
I want a larger packaging to be used going forward.
03:06
So as you can see, we could have multiple defaults at the same time.
03:11
But in this case, I don't want to use packaging 5 any longer.
03:15
So I just want to favor the larger ones just to have a proper comparison with my first study.
03:23
So then I create a new study.
03:25
I use the same job quantity.
03:30
And now I filter out only the parts that are aluminum because, let me go back for a second.
03:40
So this nest here, if you look at the nest is using material 5, which is the aluminum parts.
03:49
So when I create that nest, second nest study with job quantity 5,
03:56
I want to filter out everything that is not aluminum and there is special techniques to do that which I won't show you here.
04:06
So in the material column, you can filter and you can say, filter out all the parts that start with ST, which grabs both stainless and steel.
04:22
And then you select the filtered parts and remove them from selection.
04:32
The filter is still on.
04:33
So to get the overview, I cleared the filters.
04:37
So now you see that only the aluminum parts are selected here with the check box and the other ones are not participating in the nest.
04:47
The other thing that you would see is that for the aluminum part, I'm using my default material larger automatically.
04:56
I don't have to do any selection here because I set it as default.
05:01
And then we'll just proceed with the nest.
05:11
Not surprising we get the same nest.
05:14
What I want to demonstrate here is what is the influence of rotation on that second nest?
05:21
So if I edit that second nest, by default, the rotation is inherited from the material definition.
05:30
But what if I unbind it, which means break the associative material, then I can go in and say, I don't want to rotate any of these parts.
05:43
I just want to use them at 0 degree.
05:51
And I do that for the 3 degrees of freedom here and the 90, 180, and 270.
05:59
So I set them to 0, and then we recalculate the Nest.
06:09
So here you clearly see that because I'm in Nest Orientation Display, none of the parts got oriented different from 0.
06:19
And the result is that I have a less economical nest because I'm using a third sheet for the same amount of parts.
06:29
And the last thing I want to show here is on the rotation.
06:34
So, I'll update that first nest as well.
06:46
So we...
06:53
So, on the second nest, I want to show the rotation influence.
06:59
So, I could set an initial rotation like 45 degree.
07:05
So that would mean that I could force a rotation on all the parts.
07:19
And would come out like this.
07:21
You would do this if you are dealing with wooden parts and want to obtain a certain direction of grain.
07:30
So I've defined this material 5 with a grain direction, a material grain of 0 degree.
07:42
So if I want to obtain a grain of 45 on my nested parts or cut parts, I need to force the rotation at 45 in the nest itself.
07:54
Just to show you the interaction between my orientation variable here and the grain direction in the material.
08:04
So they both play together.
08:09
The last thing I want to show is that you could also play with these values here like place your nest in the upper right corner,
08:21
and minimize the length to give you all kind of different results.
08:28
So now you see the parts go in the upper corner and things like that.
08:32
So, the final thing I want to show on the nest here is, for instance, on this sheet here,
08:41
you can bring up a report, like double clicking or using properties.
08:50
That report will give you all detail and we tend to give more detail than you need.
09:00
Those reports can be customized, could be part of an additional video,
09:07
but it will go too far in this video if I need to explain how to customize the report.
09:14
But you see you can collapse certain sections here.
09:20
You could also...
09:27
Certain of these tables can be sorted by clicking in the column, things like that.
09:34
We show you the cost, we show you the count, you can hover with the mouse over any of those charts to get more detail.
09:45
We also show parts that could not fit on the sheet if they would exist.
09:50
Things like that.
09:52
You can save this part as HTML and send it to someone else without any problem.
10:01
You can also print it.
10:03
You can search for, let's say aluminum.
10:18
Or maybe not.
10:20
Or search for like...
10:24
Right.
10:27
So there is a hopper frame right, with right frame.
10:31
So we have search capability, et cetera.
10:35
You can use more than one template and then update the existing report with other templates, things like that.
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