Inventor Nesting Push: EditNest and Report

00:13

Let's have a look on how to customize your display.

00:17

In the case where you have sheet metal parts that have a varying size from very small to very large, the display might start to look cluttered.

00:30

So if you want to unclutter the display, you could uncheck the header annotations from the display, first of all.

00:42

You could also decide to not show the first and the last nest for instance and just concentrate on a single nest.

00:55

And if you look at this one, you see that there are two parts that are lonely on this third nest.

01:04

So is there a way to get better efficiency?

01:08

And of course, there is.

01:11

You could use a different packaging for instance.

01:14

So we use a 20 by 20 packaging here.

01:17

So we could add a packaging and say… I call this like larger or something.

01:27

And that larger packaging, we want 21 by 21 for instance.

01:35

OK. So you now edit the Nest.

01:41

We can bring in that packaging.

01:45

We can even decide to put it first and we know that we don't have an infinite number of these sizes in stock.

01:54

So we can override the infinite quantity to let's say 5.

01:60

And now, because I have as listed here, turn on, we will try to nest first on the larger sizes at least for five of those.

02:13

And then when we validate the nest, you will see the result.

02:18

So at this point, only two sheets were used.

02:24

So more economical way of doing things, let's even throw in something more.

02:34

How would you...

02:37

We allowed the use of multiple nesting studies so that you could visually verify the efficiency of each nest study.

02:47

So that's what I'm going to do here.

02:51

So I'm going back to my material and you see here the bolt on the packaging, the first packaging, it's a default packaging.

03:02

I want a larger packaging to be used going forward.

03:06

So as you can see, we could have multiple defaults at the same time.

03:11

But in this case, I don't want to use packaging 5 any longer.

03:15

So I just want to favor the larger ones just to have a proper comparison with my first study.

03:23

So then I create a new study.

03:25

I use the same job quantity.

03:30

And now I filter out only the parts that are aluminum because, let me go back for a second.

03:40

So this nest here, if you look at the nest is using material 5, which is the aluminum parts.

03:49

So when I create that nest, second nest study with job quantity 5,

03:56

I want to filter out everything that is not aluminum and there is special techniques to do that which I won't show you here.

04:06

So in the material column, you can filter and you can say, filter out all the parts that start with ST, which grabs both stainless and steel.

04:22

And then you select the filtered parts and remove them from selection.

04:32

The filter is still on.

04:33

So to get the overview, I cleared the filters.

04:37

So now you see that only the aluminum parts are selected here with the check box and the other ones are not participating in the nest.

04:47

The other thing that you would see is that for the aluminum part, I'm using my default material larger automatically.

04:56

I don't have to do any selection here because I set it as default.

05:01

And then we'll just proceed with the nest.

05:11

Not surprising we get the same nest.

05:14

What I want to demonstrate here is what is the influence of rotation on that second nest?

05:21

So if I edit that second nest, by default, the rotation is inherited from the material definition.

05:30

But what if I unbind it, which means break the associative material, then I can go in and say, I don't want to rotate any of these parts.

05:43

I just want to use them at 0 degree.

05:51

And I do that for the 3 degrees of freedom here and the 90, 180, and 270.

05:59

So I set them to 0, and then we recalculate the Nest.

06:09

So here you clearly see that because I'm in Nest Orientation Display, none of the parts got oriented different from 0.

06:19

And the result is that I have a less economical nest because I'm using a third sheet for the same amount of parts.

06:29

And the last thing I want to show here is on the rotation.

06:34

So, I'll update that first nest as well.

06:46

So we...

06:53

So, on the second nest, I want to show the rotation influence.

06:59

So, I could set an initial rotation like 45 degree.

07:05

So that would mean that I could force a rotation on all the parts.

07:19

And would come out like this.

07:21

You would do this if you are dealing with wooden parts and want to obtain a certain direction of grain.

07:30

So I've defined this material 5 with a grain direction, a material grain of 0 degree.

07:42

So if I want to obtain a grain of 45 on my nested parts or cut parts, I need to force the rotation at 45 in the nest itself.

07:54

Just to show you the interaction between my orientation variable here and the grain direction in the material.

08:04

So they both play together.

08:09

The last thing I want to show is that you could also play with these values here like place your nest in the upper right corner,

08:21

and minimize the length to give you all kind of different results.

08:28

So now you see the parts go in the upper corner and things like that.

08:32

So, the final thing I want to show on the nest here is, for instance, on this sheet here,

08:41

you can bring up a report, like double clicking or using properties.

08:50

That report will give you all detail and we tend to give more detail than you need.

09:00

Those reports can be customized, could be part of an additional video,

09:07

but it will go too far in this video if I need to explain how to customize the report.

09:14

But you see you can collapse certain sections here.

09:20

You could also...

09:27

Certain of these tables can be sorted by clicking in the column, things like that.

09:34

We show you the cost, we show you the count, you can hover with the mouse over any of those charts to get more detail.

09:45

We also show parts that could not fit on the sheet if they would exist.

09:50

Things like that.

09:52

You can save this part as HTML and send it to someone else without any problem.

10:01

You can also print it.

10:03

You can search for, let's say aluminum.

10:18

Or maybe not.

10:20

Or search for like...

10:24

Right.

10:27

So there is a hopper frame right, with right frame.

10:31

So we have search capability, et cetera.

10:35

You can use more than one template and then update the existing report with other templates, things like that.

Video transcript

00:13

Let's have a look on how to customize your display.

00:17

In the case where you have sheet metal parts that have a varying size from very small to very large, the display might start to look cluttered.

00:30

So if you want to unclutter the display, you could uncheck the header annotations from the display, first of all.

00:42

You could also decide to not show the first and the last nest for instance and just concentrate on a single nest.

00:55

And if you look at this one, you see that there are two parts that are lonely on this third nest.

01:04

So is there a way to get better efficiency?

01:08

And of course, there is.

01:11

You could use a different packaging for instance.

01:14

So we use a 20 by 20 packaging here.

01:17

So we could add a packaging and say… I call this like larger or something.

01:27

And that larger packaging, we want 21 by 21 for instance.

01:35

OK. So you now edit the Nest.

01:41

We can bring in that packaging.

01:45

We can even decide to put it first and we know that we don't have an infinite number of these sizes in stock.

01:54

So we can override the infinite quantity to let's say 5.

01:60

And now, because I have as listed here, turn on, we will try to nest first on the larger sizes at least for five of those.

02:13

And then when we validate the nest, you will see the result.

02:18

So at this point, only two sheets were used.

02:24

So more economical way of doing things, let's even throw in something more.

02:34

How would you...

02:37

We allowed the use of multiple nesting studies so that you could visually verify the efficiency of each nest study.

02:47

So that's what I'm going to do here.

02:51

So I'm going back to my material and you see here the bolt on the packaging, the first packaging, it's a default packaging.

03:02

I want a larger packaging to be used going forward.

03:06

So as you can see, we could have multiple defaults at the same time.

03:11

But in this case, I don't want to use packaging 5 any longer.

03:15

So I just want to favor the larger ones just to have a proper comparison with my first study.

03:23

So then I create a new study.

03:25

I use the same job quantity.

03:30

And now I filter out only the parts that are aluminum because, let me go back for a second.

03:40

So this nest here, if you look at the nest is using material 5, which is the aluminum parts.

03:49

So when I create that nest, second nest study with job quantity 5,

03:56

I want to filter out everything that is not aluminum and there is special techniques to do that which I won't show you here.

04:06

So in the material column, you can filter and you can say, filter out all the parts that start with ST, which grabs both stainless and steel.

04:22

And then you select the filtered parts and remove them from selection.

04:32

The filter is still on.

04:33

So to get the overview, I cleared the filters.

04:37

So now you see that only the aluminum parts are selected here with the check box and the other ones are not participating in the nest.

04:47

The other thing that you would see is that for the aluminum part, I'm using my default material larger automatically.

04:56

I don't have to do any selection here because I set it as default.

05:01

And then we'll just proceed with the nest.

05:11

Not surprising we get the same nest.

05:14

What I want to demonstrate here is what is the influence of rotation on that second nest?

05:21

So if I edit that second nest, by default, the rotation is inherited from the material definition.

05:30

But what if I unbind it, which means break the associative material, then I can go in and say, I don't want to rotate any of these parts.

05:43

I just want to use them at 0 degree.

05:51

And I do that for the 3 degrees of freedom here and the 90, 180, and 270.

05:59

So I set them to 0, and then we recalculate the Nest.

06:09

So here you clearly see that because I'm in Nest Orientation Display, none of the parts got oriented different from 0.

06:19

And the result is that I have a less economical nest because I'm using a third sheet for the same amount of parts.

06:29

And the last thing I want to show here is on the rotation.

06:34

So, I'll update that first nest as well.

06:46

So we...

06:53

So, on the second nest, I want to show the rotation influence.

06:59

So, I could set an initial rotation like 45 degree.

07:05

So that would mean that I could force a rotation on all the parts.

07:19

And would come out like this.

07:21

You would do this if you are dealing with wooden parts and want to obtain a certain direction of grain.

07:30

So I've defined this material 5 with a grain direction, a material grain of 0 degree.

07:42

So if I want to obtain a grain of 45 on my nested parts or cut parts, I need to force the rotation at 45 in the nest itself.

07:54

Just to show you the interaction between my orientation variable here and the grain direction in the material.

08:04

So they both play together.

08:09

The last thing I want to show is that you could also play with these values here like place your nest in the upper right corner,

08:21

and minimize the length to give you all kind of different results.

08:28

So now you see the parts go in the upper corner and things like that.

08:32

So, the final thing I want to show on the nest here is, for instance, on this sheet here,

08:41

you can bring up a report, like double clicking or using properties.

08:50

That report will give you all detail and we tend to give more detail than you need.

09:00

Those reports can be customized, could be part of an additional video,

09:07

but it will go too far in this video if I need to explain how to customize the report.

09:14

But you see you can collapse certain sections here.

09:20

You could also...

09:27

Certain of these tables can be sorted by clicking in the column, things like that.

09:34

We show you the cost, we show you the count, you can hover with the mouse over any of those charts to get more detail.

09:45

We also show parts that could not fit on the sheet if they would exist.

09:50

Things like that.

09:52

You can save this part as HTML and send it to someone else without any problem.

10:01

You can also print it.

10:03

You can search for, let's say aluminum.

10:18

Or maybe not.

10:20

Or search for like...

10:24

Right.

10:27

So there is a hopper frame right, with right frame.

10:31

So we have search capability, et cetera.

10:35

You can use more than one template and then update the existing report with other templates, things like that.

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