TopSolid’Wood

Nesting multi-draft template

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Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 1

Creation of a nesting multi-draft template ........................................................................................................ 2

Creating the template file ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Creating the view ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Configuring the document ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Creating the bill of material ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Creating the title block.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Nesting multi-drafting ............................................................................................................................................... 7

Creation of a nesting label multi-draft template................................................................................................ 9

Creating the template file ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Creating the view ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
Configuring the document ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Creating the bill of material .................................................................................................................................... 11
Creating the title block............................................................................................................................................ 12
Nesting label multi-drafting .................................................................................................................................... 13

Notes ............................................................................................................................................................. 15

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TopSolid’Wood: Nesting multi-draft template Introduction

Introduction
To draft a nesting, two types of draft files can be created:

- Multi-draft nesting
This allows you to automatically draft the different nesting panels with the information about this panel.

- Multi-draft nesting labels

This allows you to automatically draft the different nested parts with the information about this part. It is
also possible to view the position of this part in the nesting.

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Creation of a nesting multi-draft template

Creating the template file
 Create a new Draft document using the desired
format.

 Modify the drawing border to adjust its display settings.

 Delete the drawing title block.

 Save this draft template in the Group or Config\Template\Nesting folder.

Note: When drafting the nestings or nesting labels, only the templates saved in the Nesting subfolder will be
available.

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Creating the view

 From the draft template, start the Wood > Multi-draft nesting function.
 Select Create template.
 Next select Create view.
 Position the view using a default scale factor of 1.
 Use the Auxiliary view option to position an auxiliary view of the nesting.

 Use the Modify element function and select the view to configure it.
 Set Hidden lines > Hidden and check Shading view.
 Validate the settings by clicking on OK.

Configuring the document

 Open the document properties.
 Check Projection parameters > Automatic update of views.

 Open the TopSolid’Wood properties tab > Draft.

 Set the scale factor computing mode for the nesting views.

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Creating the bill of material

When drafting nestings, a bill of material can be created in order to display specific information about the nested
panel.

 Start Bill of material > Edit bill of material file.

 Select the User or Group tab, enter the name of new bom
file: Nesting BOM and validate with OK.

 Insert in this bill of material the panel information to be displayed.

 From the Defined modules > TopSolid’Design – Nesting category:
- Nesting designation: Panel designation: Material - Thickness
- Nesting name: Panel name: Material_Thickness_PanelNumber
- Nesting copies number: Quantity of panels to produce
- Nesting loss rate: Ratio between the area of the panel and the area of nested parts
- Nesting total perimeter: Sum of the perimeters of all nested parts

 From the draft template document, insert the bill of material using Wood > Multi-draft nesting > Create
template > Create nesting bill of material.

 Select the previously created bill of material template, and then validate with OK.
 Set Use bill of material of template document = NO, and then select two points to position the bill of material.

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 To display the BOM details in a title block, you can hide the
created bill of material and the two points selected to position it

using the Mode/Visibility function.

Creating the title block

 Create the draft’s title block by selecting Wood > Multi-draft
nesting > Create template > Create border.

 Enter the title block’s width and height before selecting the
alignment point at the bottom right of the title block. Use the
Hook on border option to position the title block in the lower right
corner of the drawing margin.

 Next cut the title block depending on the desired cells.

 Use Insert element > select the title block > select a cell to insert
images, texts (cell titles for example) and variables (author for
example) in the title block’s cells.

 After selecting the cell in which to insert an element, select from

the drop-down list the Bom property variable, and then the BOM
property to be displayed in the cell.

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Note: It is possible to modify the variables that are displayed as – in order to add characters to be displayed as units,
or modify the text format (bar code for example).

 Save and close this nesting multi-draft template.

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Nesting multi-drafting
 Open the file that contains the nestings.

 Start the Wood > Multi-draft nesting function.

 If several files containing nestings are to be drafted, click the Explore button to select the folder that contains
the nestings.

Note: It is possible to get several files containing nestings if, when creating the nesting, the following options were
selected:
- One nesting file by group of supports: A .top file will be created for each group of supports (material-
thickness). These files will contain all the group’s nestings. The file names are as follows:
Material_Thickness.
- One nesting file by support: A .top file will be created for each nested support. The file names are as follows:
Material_Thickness#PanelNumber.

 Select the paper format to be used.

Note: During multi-drafting, it is possible to place on a paper format two smaller-

sized drafts.
For example, as the created draft template is a horizontal A5 format, it will be
possible to place two drafts on a vertical A4 paper format.

 Click in the opened document to draft the document’s nestings.

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 From the User templates drop-down menu, select the nesting

multi-draft template you created before.
Note: Templates are sorted into three categories: User templates,
Group templates and Standard templates.

The Nestings list displays a tree structure with the nestings to be

drafted as follows: Files > Nesting groups > Panels.
 Select the element(s) to be drafted using the Ctrl key.

Note: The Save files option automatically saves the generated draft
files.
The Close files option automatically closes the generated files.
 Validate the window with OK.

 If the Save files option is checked, you are asked to select a

folder in which to save the draft files.
 Validate the directory with OK.

The draft files are then generated.

Note: A draft file is created for each .top file that contains nestings.

 If you left the Close files box unchecked, two options are then available:

- STOP to quit the draft function.

- Close all to close all the generated draft files. If these files have not been saved, you are asked whether you
want to save them.

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TopSolid’Wood: Nesting multi-draft template Creation of a nesting label multi-draft template

Creation of a nesting label multi-draft template

Creating the template file
The method for creating a nesting label multi-draft template is the same as that for creating the nesting multi-draft
template.

Creating the view

 From the draft template, start Wood > Multi-draft nesting labels.
 Select Create template.
 Next select Create label view.
 Position the view using a default scale factor of 1.
 Select Create label view again to place a second view next to the first view.

Note: When drafting nesting labels, the two following views can be created:
- The view of the nested part.
- The view of the panel where the part is nested, on which the part is shaded.

 Open the symbolic tree.

 Open the Entities tab, and then the View section.
The two previously created label views can be found here.
 On the part where you want to display the nesting panel, right-click > Visualize part on support = YES.

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 Use the Modify element function and select the view to configure it.
 Set Hidden lines > Hidden and check Shading view.
 Validate the settings by clicking on OK.

Configuring the document

 Open the document properties.

 Check Projection parameters > Automatic update of views.

 Open the TopSolid’Wood properties tab > Draft.

 Set the scale factor computing mode for the nesting label views.

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Creating the bill of material

When drafting nesting labels, a bill of material can be created in order to display specific information about the
nested part.

 Start Bill of material > Edit bill of material file.

 Select the User or Group tab, enter the name of new bom file: BOM labels and validate with OK.
 Insert in this bill of material the panel information to be displayed.
 From the Defined modules > TopSolid’Design – Nesting category:
- Nesting designation: Designation of the panel where the part is nested.
- Nesting name: Name of the panel where the part is nested.
- Nesting copies number: Quantity of panels to produce.
- Perimeter: External parameter of the part to be cut.
- Internal parameter: Internal parameter of the part to be cut (apertures).

All the other part-specific BOM functions can then be used here, such as the designation, the reference or the
finished length, width and thickness.

 From the draft template document, insert the bill of material using Wood > Multi-draft nesting labels > Create
template > Create bill of material.

 Select the previously created bill of material template, and then validate with OK.
 Set Use bill of material of template document = NO, and then select two points to position the bill of material.

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 To display the BOM details in a title block, you can hide the
created bill of material and the two points selected to position it

using the Mode/Visibility function.

Creating the title block

 Create the draft’s title block by selecting Wood > Multi-draft
nesting labels > Create template > Create border.

 Enter the title block’s width and height before selecting the
alignment point at the bottom right of the title block. Use the
Hook on border option to position the title block in the lower right
corner of the drawing margin.

The procedures to cut the title block or insert elements (texts

and images), variables (author) and BOM properties are the
same as for a nesting draft template.

 Save and close this nesting label multi-draft template.

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Nesting label multi-drafting

 Open the file that contains the nestings.

 Start Wood > Multi-draft nesting labels.

 If several files containing nestings are to be drafted, click the Explore button to select the folder that contains
the nestings.
 Select the paper format to be used.
 Click in the opened document to draft the document’s nestings.

 From the User templates drop-down menu, select the

nesting label multi-draft template you created before.
 Select the element(s) to be drafted using the Ctrl key.

 Validate the window with OK.

 If the Save files option is checked, you are asked to select a folder in which to save the draft files.
 Validate the folder with OK.

The draft files are then generated.

Note: A draft file is created for each nested panel. Each of the file’s drawings corresponds to a part nested in the
panel.

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 If you left the Close files box unchecked, two options are then available:

- STOP to quit the draft function.

- Close all to close all the generated draft files. If these files have not been saved, you are asked whether you
want to save them.

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