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Nesting and the order of operations


GooldenG
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I am working on trying to nest multiple parts (they are all different) and making sure the toolpaths are in a certain order.  The program will need to use the same cutters, but at different times throughout the machining of the nest.  Due to that fact, I have to manually sort the tool paths and add machining index numbers to every tool path one by one which is quite time consuming.  I am just wondering if there is a way to add the machining index number for the order of operations to the tool path when you are programming the part, or at least a way to add the machining index numbers faster than one at a time? 

 

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10 minutes ago, GooldenG said:

I am working on trying to nest multiple parts (they are all different) and making sure the toolpaths are in a certain order.  The program will need to use the same cutters, but at different times throughout the machining of the nest.  Due to that fact, I have to manually sort the tool paths and add machining index numbers to every tool path one by one which is quite time consuming.  I am just wondering if there is a way to add the machining index number for the order of operations to the tool path when you are programming the part, or at least a way to add the machining index numbers faster than one at a time? 

 

Thank you

 

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No, you don't have to do that, there is an option in nesting -> ascending or descending order, then you could assign different toolnumbers for the same tool i.e. 3 will come before 103 before 203

So the operation will be sorted in order based on your toolnumber

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1 minute ago, GooldenG said:

So then would I need to go through and change all the tool numbers back after posting out the program, or could I just make my post processor do all the work?  

I guess I just wish there was a way to add the index numbers to the toolpath during the programming of the part.

You should define multiple tooloffsets for the same pocket on the machine.

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We worked with Mastercam on this, and now Mastercam will automatically set your order of operations in Mastercam 2023.  This is achieved by putting MX=#### in the comment of each toolpath used in the library part.  Mastercam will then put the toolpaths in the desired order when you go to nest.         

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