Nesting rings

[grindergary]

I am trying to nest rings one inside of the other.

I have a bunch of rings that will nest nicely into each other. When I run a simulation, it wants to cut the largest ring first but I need the smallest cut first. The first time, SC cut the middle ring first then outside ring then smaller ring. I tried to nest them opposite sizes first and now it wants to cut the largest first.

Any suggestions an how to get the cut order the way I would like it to be, smallest first. I know it is probably something simple. Tried nesting tab in job options but nothing seems to work.

Thank you

Gary

[WyoGreen]

Probably a couple of ways you could do it. You could put each ring on it's own layer, then assign the operations from the inside out. Or you could have them all on one layer, click on the +S button at the top of the screen, then right click on the start on each ring, click on properties, then on the bottom of the properties box change the order of the start points.

Hope that makes some sense, Steve

[acourtjester]

Thanks WyoGreen
I did not know the Properties function slick

[CNCCAJUN]

You can change the order of start points in SheetCAM.

Saw it in an ArcLight Tutorial . . .

I think that is what you are looking for . . .

Also, if you have it set to minimize warpage it will jump around regardless of start point order.

Steve

[I Lean]

You can go to options -> job options -> nesting, select Manual Optimization, then select what order you want the parts to cut. Each part shows up as a line with it's name, if they are duplicates they'll just have "duplicate 12" or whatever. Just click and drag up or down in the list to get them in the order you want.

[grindergary]

Thank you for all the responses. I will give it a try today.

I will also try all the different ways later to learn which works better for me.

Thanks
again,

Gary

[CNCCAJUN]

You can go to options -> job options -> nesting, select Manual Optimization, then select what order you want the parts to cut. Each part shows up as a line with it's name, if they are duplicates they'll just have "duplicate 12" or whatever. Just click and drag up or down in the list to get them in the order you want.

Newbie question . . .

If all the rings are drawn on one drawing will this work?

I'm thinking that if you have (5) parts/dxfs brought into SheetCAM you could prioritize in the way you suggest, but not if all 5 rings were part of one drawing.

Let me know, still learning. Most of my cutting logic comes from years of AutoCAD and plotters.

Steve

[I Lean]

Newbie question . . .

If all the rings are drawn on one drawing will this work?

I'm thinking that if you have (5) parts/dxfs brought into SheetCAM you could prioritize in the way you suggest, but not if all 5 rings were part of one drawing.

Let me know, still learning. Most of my cutting logic comes from years of AutoCAD and plotters.

Steve

You're right--if all the rings are on one drawing, they are the same part as far as SheetCAM is concerned. Easiest way to re-order the start points is to right-click, select "quick cut sequence", then just click where you want each one. It goes in order--click on the first point, then the second, etc. Once you're happy with the order, right-click and select "end sequence".

[grindergary]

Thanks for that info, I will definitely try it next time I get a chance.

Gary