Autodesk Inventor

[#1]

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to nest my profile drawings to reduce material wastage with Inventor?

If not, does anyone know where I can download any freeware that can perform this task.

Thanks

[#2]

AFAIK, IV does not support any nesting features. I've always had to use either AutoCAD with polylines and patterning or even Inventor assembly for simple nested parts. Either way is a royal pain in the butt. Not recommended if you have alot of overly complicated parts. I don't know of any freeware, but that would be valuable. -- Scott M Inventor 9, SP1 Windows XP Pro Maxtor 60GB HD 3D Labs Wildcat VP560 64MB Intel Pentium4 2.4GHz 1GB RAM

[#3]

I don't believe you can nest in Inventor. However, I work for a company named SigmaTEK that can integrate Inventor files/assemblies into our nesting/automation software.

I'm not sure about freeware out there, but what the industry has proven over 15 years, you get what you pay for ;-)

[#4]

Please can you specify how to do autonesting , in Autocad.

regards

desai@tusar.com