Nest Preparation reference

Fusion Manufacturing Extension

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This reference topic describes the Nest Preparation dialog. Available controls can change depending on what is selected in the dialog.

Click Design > Tools > Nest > Nest Preparation.

nest preparation dialog

Ignore

Under Ignore, set which types of objects should not be included in your nest.

Component Type drop-down menu

In the Component Type column, click items to open a drop-down menu that you use to set how you want Fusion to treat individual objects for nesting. The settings you make for each part override the Ignore settings at the top of the dialog.

component types

The benefits of assigning component types include:

The remaining sections in this topic describe the available options in the drop-down menu. The controls at the bottom of the dialog vary depending on what option you select.

Automatic

Fusion determines what kind of object this is and how best to treat it as a nestable item; for example, if the object is sheet metal, Fusion detects this and looks for a flat pattern to nest. The detected type is shown in parentheses; for example, "Automatic (Sheet metal)." Fusion checks for types in the order they appear in the drop-down menu; that is, sheet metal, selected entities, and finally sketches. In other words, if this is a sheet metal part without a flat pattern, Fusion will treat it as a selected entity.

Sheet metal

Fusion checks for a flat pattern to use for nesting. Additional controls that appear in the dialog when using a sheet metal component type:

Options for sheet metal

Selected entities

Fusion will nest the parts you select using the controls that are provided in the lower part of the dialog. This can be useful if you only want to nest certain parts of an object, or want to change which face is used for nesting. (By default, Fusion uses the largest face for nesting.) You will also be able to manually set allowable rotation values for the part in the Component Sources dialog.

Additional controls when Selected entities is selected:

entities controls

Sketches

Fusion determines the largest face of the sketch and uses it for nesting.

Additional controls when Sketches is selected:

sketches controls

Ignore (drop-down menu item)

The part is not nested.

Reference

Definitions for all the additional controls that appear depending on the Component Type: