Part Rotation Control

Use the Part Data tab of the Create Nesting Job dialog to view and edit the part parameters.

'Rotation Type' is a part related parameter.

CAMWorks Nesting provides an option of applying the rotation control for each part in two ways:

1. Step Angle

2. Angle List

Setting Rotation Type for a part

This can be done in two ways:

• In the Rotation Angle group box of the Part Data tab, choose either Step Angle or Angle List using the Radio button to set the Rotation type. After selecting the Rotation Type, click on the Tab button or any other parameter field to shift the focus. Observe that the 'Rotation Type' setting for this part has changed accordingly in the Part List.
• In the Part List, highlight the part for which you want to set the Rotation Type. Double click on the column labelled 'Rotation Type' for the highlighted part. Choose the desired Rotation type as either 'Step Angle' or 'Angle List' from the dropdown list. After setting the Rotation type, enter the desired angle(s) in the Angle column.

Step Angle

This is the singular angle that specifies the step in which the part is tried for nesting.  For example, if the step angle provided for the part is 90 degrees, then that part will be tried in 0, 90, 180, and 270 degrees.

In the Part Data tab, if the step Angle is set in the 'Rotation Angle' group box instead of the Part List, you can use spin control to increase or decrease the Step Angle value. Spin control increases the value in steps of +1 and decreases it in steps of -1.

The default step angle is 1 degree.

Angle List

This is the second way in which the rotation control can be applied on a part. The set of angles need to be input in a list. CAMWorks Nesting will then try nesting the parts only for the specified set of angles.

For example, if the angle list provided is 90, and 270 degrees for a specific part, then that part will be tried in 90 and 270 degrees only.

To specify an Angle List in the Create Nesting Job dialog, separate the angles by a comma. Spacing is not required between the commas. For example, to specify angles of 10, 20, 30, 60 and 90 degrees, you must enter '10,20,30,60,90' in the Part Angle List field.

Note: If the angle list is provided, then CAMWorks Nesting will ignore the step angles supplied for the part.