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Bounding Box Nesting

To estimate material usage and costs of nested sheet metal parts, you can:
  • Choose the sheet size
  • Estimate the number of parts that can fit on a sheet
  • Determine the number of sheets necessary
You can also preview the nested parts with or without offsets along the X and Y dimensions. Previously, you had to select materials that were estimated per pound.
Types of offsets include:
  • Bounding Box offset: You can apply offsets to all sides on the exterior of the bounding boxes in a sheet.
  • Sheet Border offset: You can define the sheet border offset for the X axis to the bottom and the Y axis to the left of the sheet.

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