Optimizing Processes and Optimizing MPRs

Until now, ONGAA CAM‘s ability to nest ‘complete assemblies’ has been received with both enthusiasm and a little reservation.

Users have ‘enthusiastically’ created all kinds of assemblies in SOLIDWORKS, combining nested assemblies, parts with multiple configurations and ONGAA CAM has created multiple sheet MPRs without a hitch.

Then came the next requests for improvements …

How do I optimize the the processes? — the generated nested MPR made one part at a time — I want the number of tool changes to be reduced.

I have a big assembly, how do I do more than 4 sheets.

How do I tell ‘what part is what’ when looking at the nesting preview.

How do I print the nest layout (with parts listed) so the ‘guys on the floor’