New nesting tool ...
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:47 am
Wow - that's is already looking very neat. Thanks for working on it.
1. Question: Quantity,
If I have only one part but need to nest it e.g. 50 times then I have to put 49 copy's into my drawing. Would it be possible to tell the nesting tool how many of that part are needed to be nested?
2. Question: Meaning of "Not placable"
If I have 10 parts, start the nesting tool, choose a solution with the alert "Not Placable 1" then the tool will still nest 10 parts. What means "Not Placable"? This test drawing has no duplicates or open contours ...
3. Question: Option for "Move and copy,
If I prepare a nesting and apply the nesting solution the selected parts are moved into the frame. That force me to prepare my drawing just for the nesting task or I will loose my drawing arrangement.
If I could tell (option) the nesting tool to move and copy the selected parts instead of just moving them then I could keep my original drawing untouched - except of visibility of layer etc..
BTW: Many DIY people are using a paper print to transfer shapes to the material (clue on). With my mentioned option, the powerful print preview tool and/or the Paper_Space functionality are then the perfect tools to be able to keep everything as usual in one drawing.
Yes I know, you could use undo but in that case you will loose the nesting and for every additional nested paper print you have repeat that task ...
4. Question: Nesting only for QCAD CAM application?
I know that it looks like the nesting tool is today only interesting for CAM processing but the old school processing needs nesting too. Only a fool doesn't cares how to handle the resources like e.g. a plywood sheet with the best possible outcome to keep the project cost acceptable. And not every QCAD Pro lover use the QCAD CAM solution for different reason.
Any chance to get the nesting tool in QCAD Pro too?
1. Question: Quantity,
If I have only one part but need to nest it e.g. 50 times then I have to put 49 copy's into my drawing. Would it be possible to tell the nesting tool how many of that part are needed to be nested?
2. Question: Meaning of "Not placable"
If I have 10 parts, start the nesting tool, choose a solution with the alert "Not Placable 1" then the tool will still nest 10 parts. What means "Not Placable"? This test drawing has no duplicates or open contours ...
3. Question: Option for "Move and copy,
If I prepare a nesting and apply the nesting solution the selected parts are moved into the frame. That force me to prepare my drawing just for the nesting task or I will loose my drawing arrangement.
If I could tell (option) the nesting tool to move and copy the selected parts instead of just moving them then I could keep my original drawing untouched - except of visibility of layer etc..
BTW: Many DIY people are using a paper print to transfer shapes to the material (clue on). With my mentioned option, the powerful print preview tool and/or the Paper_Space functionality are then the perfect tools to be able to keep everything as usual in one drawing.
Yes I know, you could use undo but in that case you will loose the nesting and for every additional nested paper print you have repeat that task ...
4. Question: Nesting only for QCAD CAM application?
I know that it looks like the nesting tool is today only interesting for CAM processing but the old school processing needs nesting too. Only a fool doesn't cares how to handle the resources like e.g. a plywood sheet with the best possible outcome to keep the project cost acceptable. And not every QCAD Pro lover use the QCAD CAM solution for different reason.
Any chance to get the nesting tool in QCAD Pro too?