Working with plate nesting
Export plates to Nestix
The Export Plates to Nestix command produces information for the Nestix plate cutting system about plates designed by the CADMATIC system. The information includes a DXF file with needed attributes.
Settings
The link setting defines output directories and needed header information.
Attributes in DXF file
The link generates the following attributes about a plate:
| Project | [B] | ExampleProject |
| Part number | [P] | 1 |
| Article name | [I] | 24 |
| Ordered cnt | [Q] | 1 |
| Part thickness | [T] | 20.0 |
| Material | [M] | Fe37B |
How to use
The command works under Plant Modeller document module. All exported plates have to be part numbered and assigned to the BOM group. The link generates a DXF file per each part numbered plate to the output directory. Also the log file is generated to the temporary directory.