1.1
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Before nesting the plates on a sheet, the different parameters have to be set.
Open the Nesting parameter dashboard. Specify the minimum spacing between the plates. Then set the size of the sheet that will be used for nesting the plates.
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1.2
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Pick the main Create a nesting command in the left toolbar. The manipulator appears. Place it at a wanted, free location in the document. From the pie menu on the manipulator's center, run the Create a nesting command to compute the nesting. Have a look at the result.
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1.3
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The nesting will be updated automatically when modifying the fixture.
Add one or more plates to the fixture and watch the update and changes in the nesting result. When needed, a second sheet of the same size will be added to nest all plates.
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1.4
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When relocating the nesting result in the document, it has to be updated also.
Switch back to the Create a nesting command in the left toolbar. Then move the manipulator to a new location. From the pie menu on the manipulator's center, run the Update nesting command to recompute the nesting.
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1.5
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Open the Nesting parameter dashboard. Besides the three pre-defined sheet sizes to pick from, a user defined size can be set. Change the sheet dimensions and run the Update nesting command to recompute the nesting for this new sheet size.
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1.6
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Finally, the nesting result has to be saved.
The result can be stored as .cenwpc workpiece document and as such can be used in the offline programming workbench for cutting the plates. Or it can be exported as a DXF file and be loaded in another programming application. In that case, first have a look at the export parameters in the Nesting parameter dashboard.
Start the Save a nesting command.
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