nesting toolpaths from various files

[PeterDnz]

X4 MU2.

Can anyone shed light on this for me?

I've toolpathed around 50 parts with their own wcs in several mcx files.

Now that I want to nest them I get a combined list of operations under one toolpath group heading brought into the nesting session. It looks like each op has been re-assigned a new wcs as it's been brought in.

Why does this differ from what happens when I nest toolpaths within the same .mcx file? i.e. the toolpath groups keep their assigned wcs and are not combined.

[Stephen J Van Dyne]

Are you nesting each file as a cluster or as individual operations? When nesting a cluster all ops must use the same wcs and all tplanes must be parallel to that wcs. In that case, all ops in the file must have the same wcs. If you are not nesting clusters but each op in the file represents a part then their wcs value should be maintained. Meaning the view might have a different view number but its actual definition should be the same. If this not the case, there may be something we need to look into. Thanks.