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Intergraph Smart Production Cutting

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Edge nesting displays a separate sub menu (see below) inside the Auto Nesting Frame frame.

Objective

Contains a list of objectives for the optimizer. The available objectives are described below.

Minimize X Then Y

Minimizes the x length, giving less importance to minimizing the y length.

Minimize Area

Minimizes the area of the bounding box of the last sheet.

Minimize Y Then X

Minimizes the y length, giving less importance to minimizing the x length.

Intelligent Minimize X

Minimizes the x distance after determining that the objective does not produce a bad solution (such as a long rectangular part oriented to minimize x).

No Reusable Offcut

Creates optional parts and quantities.

Multiplicity preference

Determines how many times the software repeats the nesting in the solution. Favoring repeated nesting might decrease the nesting efficiency, but can lower production costs due by reducing preparation times, part and material handling, and so forth. The following options are available: No, Little, Normal, Strong, and Aggressive.

Multi-torch preference

Determines how important the torch count is for nesting. If the edge nesting strategy uses a torch count greater than 1, the software automatically uses larger torch count in nesting. The following options are available: Weak, Average, and Strong.

Weak

Gives light preference for cutting time over losing material.

Average

Gives more preference for cutting time.

Strong

Returns solutions that strongly favor cutting time and use the maximum amount of torches.

Manual torch move

Minimizes changes to the torch count.

Shear Cutting

Considers the minimum distance when a border-to-border constraint applies.