AUTOMATIC NESTING SYSTEM

This project provides input and filing of information about orders and materials,
automatic and interactive generation of nesting plans, calculation, filing and registration
of utilizable rests, nesting plans and specifications printing-out. During input of data
about parts and materials, their quantity, dimensions, thickness, fiber direction and type
of material are to be indicated. When generating an order of parts of different thickness or
material, the program selects the corresponding sheets and carries out nesting
automatically. A significant peculiarity of basic data input is use of alphanumeric codes
for parts and a name of part component of an order, which conforms to its real place in
design documentation.

This program allows creating a library of standard articles and using it further when
generating orders. Automatic nesting is carried out taking into consideration
technological and organizational parameters of production. Variable parameters allow
setting: width of cut, edging, through cuts, type of nesting, minimum space between
saws, etc.

During formatting directly on a nesting plan, properties of parts can be changed: length,
width and fiber direction, to make arrangement the most compact. Calculation of rests
can be done both automatically and in a dialog mode. Depending on set parameters, rests
can be calculated automatically in the subsequent orders as well. When working with a
list of rests, they can be added, deleted, sorted or filtered by any feature: dimensions,
material, fiber. For each nesting plan a set of technological documentation is formed.
Nesting plans can be printed out in any scale set by a user, and on any sheet orientation.
User can print out several nesting plans on one paper sheet also.