Nesting diagram; skin vs tabbed

[Stuart Douglas]

Maybe I have some bum settings, but I often cannot differentiate a part that has been tabbed and meets the skin parameters from one that is tabbed, and does not. That is, when parts are shown as tabbed on screen, a part that will "leave skin" looks no different from a part that is also tabbed, but will cut through. I'd like to see on screen which parts meet the criteria and which don't so as to alter the settings and make changes. I often cut parts with irregular margins and areas, and the length, width, and area parameters are somewhat useless, visually on the nesting diagram. Is there a way to see, by another color perhaps, when parts meet those parameters and when they don't in the nest diagram? The tabs, when used, show up in both parts with and without skin left, so they are not as indicative as I thought they would be for smaller parts. TIA, hive mind.

[Stuart Douglas]

Must be that no one else has this problem....

[Jeremy Schiffer]

Stuart, have you tried adjusting the color settings? (Not sure they would be helpful - we haven't used the tabs, so I'm not sure how it works or looks in a nest)

[Stuart Douglas]

Jeremy,

I can clearly see tabs where they are placed on each piece. I cannot see if a tabbed part will be left with a skin when it falls within the "leave skin on parts with <N sq inch of area. I often nest parts that, because of their size and irregular shape, need tabs. I don't want to have these parts cut to skin because of the are threshold they often fall under. So I'm looking for a visual aid in the nesting diagram that will show when parts, tabbed or not, will be cut to skin instead of being cut through (multiple pass or tabbed). There is a color setting for the outline function, but it doesn't differentiate between outlines cut in each of these manners.

I often need to tweek the area settings for leave skin/tabs/cut through to avoid post processing an entire sheet of curved long narrow parts. It's a guessing game with parts that have irregular shapes. I'd like to see, when in the nesting diagram, which parts cut through, which parts are tabbed, and which parts cut to skin. When tabs are on, parts cut to tabs and parts cut to skin (with tabs), show only the tabs. There seems to be no indicator of the parts cut to skin based on the area.

[Stuart Douglas]

I often need to tweak the area settings for leave skin/tabs/cut through to avoid post processing an entire sheet of curved long narrow parts. It's a guessing game with parts that have irregular shapes. I'd like to see, when in the nesting diagram, which parts cut through, which parts are tabbed, and which parts cut to skin. When tabs are on, parts cut to tabs and parts cut to skin (with tabs), show only the tabs. There seems to be no indicator of the parts cut to skin based on the area.

This would be a huge improvement in usability of the control nesting software, if it's possible.

[Clint Buechlein]

Stuart,

I will put in a request for the software engineers to see if this would be an option.

Currently you can take advantage of the Override Parameters added to Control Nesting, and Nesting Parameters within eCabinets to force these scenarios where you want tabs, double pass, or leaving skin. These will override whatever you have set in Double Pass Settings and Tabs for meeting the criteria.

-Clint-

[Stuart Douglas]

Clint, Good to know. Most of the parts in question are DXF's so I'll see if the CN options added recently will help me get this procedure sorted. Thanks for reminding me about those, I have barely used them!