Good One-side Materials - Flip Parts

[Stephane Kovari]

Say i have a cabinet which the two cabinet sides are black one side and white the other. The left side is black on the ouside therefore machined on the white side(inside) and the right side is the opposite(white exterior, black interior machined). They are the same material only the "A" side is inversed. Is there a way so that when i nest them, they become seperated on different sheets instead of the program putting some together on a sheet creating flip parts (I'm trying to get rid of flip parts). If someone can direct me to the answer if it already exists.

[Scott G Vaal]

Say i have a cabinet which the two cabinet sides are black one side and white the other. The left side is black on the ouside therefore machined on the white side(inside) and the right side is the opposite(white exterior, black interior machined). They are the same material only the "A" side is inversed. Is there a way so that when i nest them, they become seperated on different sheets instead of the program putting some together on a sheet creating flip parts (I'm trying to get rid of flip parts). If someone can direct me to the answer if it already exists.

Stephane,

You can swap the material {A} side for the right side and then it will nest them on the same sheet and not be flipped from each other. You do this by right-clicking in the cabinet editor and then choosing {Edit Material A Side} and then choose the part and swap the side. Keep in mind that the material has to be defined as single sided before it will allow you to change its A side. If you want it to be by itself on a sheet no matter what, you can either make the parts out of a material with a different name than the other parts or filter the parts out at Control Nesting. Hope this helps.

[Daniel Odom]

Never mind, beat me to it.

[Brad McIntosh]

Stephane,

I would go with Scott's suggestion of having two (2) different SINGLE SIDED materials:

BLACK-WHITE Melamine = Black side facing up on table. (Black side faces inwards, White side faces outwards for most cabinet parts.*)
WHITE-BLACK Melamine = White side facing up on table. (White side faces inwards, Black side faces outwards for most cabinet parts.*)

(* I believe... or is the other way around...? <smile>)

You would not have to flip the side designation in eCabinets, just assign the material appropriately.

Since the materials are "different" by name, then parts from the differing materials will always be nested on different sheets and the material name tells the operator how to orientate the material on the table.

[Stephane Kovari]

Will Do!
Thanks