Scheduling Parts for cutting

You can schedule actual parts to be cut your entire job as you import parts, or do take offs from spool drawings.

Introduction to nesting parts on pipe

V1 video of nesting parts on a pipe. Features and concepts apply to V2 as well.

Scrapping and rescheduling a Scheduled Part after it has been cut

If a cut part is damaged, lost, etc. You can scrap the part after it is cut. The system will offer to schedule a replacement, which you can auto-nest.

Manually editing nestings

Typically used to skip past a damaged section of the pipe, or to nest some exact desired way.

Force part seams to align with pipe seam when nesting

Select specific parts to align the given part seam to the pipe seam. This is done when auto-nesting or bumping parts.

Move the seam about the pipe to avoid cutting when seams bump the roller wheels

View where the torch will be when the pipe seam bumps over the roller bed wheels. Then move the seam location to avoid cutting holes when the pipe seam is rolling over the machine bed roller wheels.

Settings for properly nesting your parts

Use both ends of the pipe as part endcuts.

Demonstrates how to nest parts using both ends of the pipe as part endcuts. For example, you have a pipe with grooves already rolled on each end and you want to use those grooved ends for your parts.

Share straight endcuts between Parts

If two miter endcuts (of different parts) have the same mate angle, no bevel, and no lead-in, the endcuts can be shared. The system will calculate the cutter kerf as the offset and make one cut instead of two.

How to cut a pipe that nearly exceeds the machine cut length, but has holes in the dead zone on both ends.

Keywords: Long, Maximum

Options for locating the far end of the pipe to improve accuracy.

Reordering Cuts across multiple parts in a nesting