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Cutting and engraving wellLesson 7 of 19

Auto-nest parts

Fit more parts on the sheet so less of it goes in the bin.

1

Parts land where they were dropped, with gaps between them going to waste.

2

Select the lot and let the tool pack them.

3

The same parts come off a smaller area of sheet.

Every setting

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What each number in the dialog means, and where it starts.

Spacing

Gap between parts (mm)

Starts at 2 · 0 to 30
Cut width

Cut width (mm)

Starts at 0 · 0 to 5
Material thickness

Material thickness (mm)

Starts at 0 · 0 to 50
Sheet width

Sheet width (mm). 0 fits the sheet to the parts.

Starts at 0 · 0 or more
Sheet height

Sheet height (mm). 0 uses the full bed.

Starts at 0 · 0 or more
Keep grain direction Starts off
Mirror

Let parts be flipped over to fit

Starts off
Packing method One of: Automatic, Rectangles, Follow the shape
Extra sheets

Parts needing more sheets open a tab each.

Starts on
Margin

Keep this much sheet clear along every edge, for clamps and uncut stock.

Starts at 0 · 0 to 100
Copies

How many of each part. The extras are real copies.

Starts at 1 · 1 to 500
Pack around

Packs around whatever you did not select, at the same gap.

Starts on
Rotation step

Turn parts in steps of (degrees)

Starts at 90 · 1 to 180
Arrangement

Which packing to use. Shuffle in the preview tries another one.

Starts at 0 · 0 to 999

What it is

Packs selected shapes onto the sheet with rotation and spacing to cut waste.

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