Nesting Parts

Nesting Parts

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Nesting Parts

ruga666
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I am assuming that there is no way, but maybe I can't find it? so I'm making this post more for awareness. Fusion 360 should have a nesting in the CAM area of the program for 4x8 and 4x10 sheets of material, thickness of your choosing. I assume it is a very complicated task for 3D software to do something like this unlike softwares like AlphaCAM and Cabinet Vision. Today I was manually laying out dovetail drawer parts on the machine and I was like damnet, they need a way of doing this easier.

 

Not to brag about the software, but the program for 300 dollars a year is incredible, except for the fact that it doesn't nest parts. I've paid thousands of dollars for software that has less programming capabilities. There are some things I can complain about but I've always found a way to work around them so far. I work with a Centroid and Techno machine, that both required expensive post processors some of which I even must tweak after paying for, and a couple of little MACH3 controlled machines, and all the posts from the program have worked out the box.

 

If there was some type of nesting feature in the program I think it would be in a league of its own. 

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ruga666
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Oh and one other thing, the CAD kinda sucks in the program. Please make it like AutoCAD where I can type in the full name of any command in the entire program I want not the 'L' for line 'R' for point to point rectangle its a pain in the ass having to click through tabs to find a command I want. 

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martin.dunschen
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Hi @ruga666

 

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. We have a place where the community posts ideas or vote on other people's ideas: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-ideastation-request-a/idb-p/125, or click to the IdeaStation above under the Community tab.

 

There are a number of suggestions to add nesting, and it is a future consideration.

 

Thanks

 

 

Martin

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