Optimal Nesting

Two options for Nesting are provided in the Nesting Tab viz. Fast Nesting and Optimal Nesting.

• Optimal Nesting, as the name suggests, focuses on optimal utilization of the sheet by running multiple algorithms and chooses the best result in terms of utilization.

• It is the default setting for CAMWorksNesting.

• Time constraints can be applied to optimal nesting. Use the Max Nesting time value field to enter nesting time limit in minutes. This will restrict the maximum allowable time for nesting to the set value.

• The default value for max nesting time field is ‘No constraint’, which indicates that a full optimal nesting will be run without any time constraints.

Nested layout with Optimal Nesting

Optimal Nesting runs different trials with each trial based on a certain set of rules. This method helps to ascertain the trial which will achieve better utilization of the sheet compared to Fast Nesting where fewer trials are used.

Note:

If numerous complex parts of varying thicknesses, materials and or quantities are nested using Optimal Nesting, the time taken could run into minutes or hours if a time constraint is not applied.