trekfan
Industrial
- Apr 4, 2006
- 18
I have a interesting problem before me. I cuurently use SW 2007, and Sigma Nest. Sigma Nest will pull in a assembly from SW , flatten the parts, and nest them for our laser. sigma Nest will look at an assembly and automatically generate the flat patterns in SW, import the correct number of parts etc. If integrates very well with the shhet metal work I do.
I have a customer that has sent me a spreadsheet of some parts he want me to nest and cut on my laser. The spreadsheet has all the length and width dimensions as well as the quantity required. It is easy enough for me to format the spreadsheet using the length and width columns to make configurations. The next step is to create a assembly to pull ALL the configurations into a assembly with the correct number required (I understand it will be a massive assembly). Sigma Nest doesn't care if anything is mated just as long as it is in the assembly it will pick it up. I have several spreadsheets with approx 1400 items per spreadsheet.
As I said I can easily make a design table for all the configurations, but getting a massive assembly with all configurations and quantities is my current hurdle.
I apologize if this has been answered before, I did skim the forums , and did not see anything.
Thanks,
Rob
I have a customer that has sent me a spreadsheet of some parts he want me to nest and cut on my laser. The spreadsheet has all the length and width dimensions as well as the quantity required. It is easy enough for me to format the spreadsheet using the length and width columns to make configurations. The next step is to create a assembly to pull ALL the configurations into a assembly with the correct number required (I understand it will be a massive assembly). Sigma Nest doesn't care if anything is mated just as long as it is in the assembly it will pick it up. I have several spreadsheets with approx 1400 items per spreadsheet.
As I said I can easily make a design table for all the configurations, but getting a massive assembly with all configurations and quantities is my current hurdle.
I apologize if this has been answered before, I did skim the forums , and did not see anything.
Thanks,
Rob