Grouping Parts

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Tim Wright
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Grouping Parts

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We have grained drawer fronts that are not grouping 1,2,3 on e-cabinets but they keep nesting 1,3,2 on thermwood. why would it be doing that if could help would be great
Thanks Tim
Mark Hesketh
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Are you using the \"group\" function in ecabs? As far as I understand it, whichever order you enter the fronts in the grouping function, that is the order that they will be grouped in when nesting. In other words, make sure you \"add to group\" front 1,2, then 3.

Otherwise, if you are not using the \"group\" function in ecabs, there is no way for the controller to know that they should be kept together in any order.
Brian Anderson
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Re: Grouping Parts

Post by Brian Anderson »

I am having the same problem Tim is having, but to elaborate, I HAVE checked the way i have grouped the parts meaning i have entered them in 1, 2, 3. The ecabinet software tells me it is grouped properly, the nesting diagram proves so. I take it out to the CNC and it nests out there 1, 3, 2.

I might add that other operators in the past have had problems with grouping 3 parts. Not 2 or 4 but just 3.

ANY SUGGESTIONS??
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