Fail Error - Too Many Parts to be Nested

[genbotseven]

Hi All,

Very new here. I'm trying to nest a lot of parts (~1500) and I receive the error shown in the attached image. "Fail Error - Overflow. Too many parts to be nested. [615]"

If anyone can tell me what the part limit is that would be helpful.

Initially I was using NestingWorks within solidworks but that cannot handle the high part numbers either. If anyone knows of a good workflow to get from a solidworks assembly to a labelled DWG file/files I can use NestFab as it doesn't have a part limit and is very fast compared to Mastercam or NestingWorks. My parts are all plywood of the same thickness. Once I have it nested I can come back to mastercam for toolpath stuff.

Thanks in advance

[crazy^millman]

13 hours ago, genbotseven said:

Hi All,

Very new here. I'm trying to nest a lot of parts (~1500) and I receive the error shown in the attached image. "Fail Error - Overflow. Too many parts to be nested. [615]"

If anyone can tell me what the part limit is that would be helpful.

Initially I was using NestingWorks within solidworks but that cannot handle the high part numbers either. If anyone knows of a good workflow to get from a solidworks assembly to a labelled DWG file/files I can use NestFab as it doesn't have a part limit and is very fast compared to Mastercam or NestingWorks. My parts are all plywood of the same thickness. Once I have it nested I can come back to mastercam for toolpath stuff.

Thanks in advance

I have to assume 4' x 8' sheet? Can you try nest a 1/2 sheet 4' x 4' or 1/4 sheet 2' x 4' and the just copy that into the 2 or 4 other sections. Yes you will loose the gap of material along the middle or cross section where it is divided by 4, but work with the limits you got to make it work. I have even increased my edges and manually nested in the edges, middle and/or the cross sections if Materiel was very expensive. Unless it is Purple Heart or some exotic deep in the Forrest wood you should be okay with that little bit of unsed material trying this route. 

For those who have never heard of Purple heart: Linky

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52 minutes ago, crazy^millman said:

Unless it is Purple Heart or some exotic deep in the Forrest wood you should be okay with that little bit of unsed material trying this route. 

For those who have never heard of Purple heart: Linky

He said it's plywood

In the nesting parameters is the create necessary quantity box checked?

[Guest]

Works for me.

15000_Part_Nesting.mcam