RhinoNest, nesting for Rhino

Optimize Position and Orientation of Objects

You guys are on fire with this new version!

Just a few comments and a few questions.

You know how when you hit the button to select geometry to nest and you can set the quantity in the command line before selection? After you select the geometry it allows you to select more items and change the quantity in the command line, in my opinion, it might be a little confusing to users. Instead of the command line prompting users to select items, the user selecting items, and the command line asking for more after you just selected items, maybe just have it ask once?

I think I understand why it has been like that, but with the improvements you have made to the "Item Selector" window, most users will probably be selecting all the geometry they want to nest in the first prompt and adjusting the quantities in the window. Just a thought.

Also, I'm confused, you can set the angles that the objects can be rotated in the "Item Selector" window, but when you get ready to execute the nest there is a pulldown to set the rotation angle again. In the documentation it mentions that this second pulldown to set the angle should be greyed out if it was defined in the "Item Selector", but I'm still getting the option. Maybe add an option to the pulldown value that is something like "Use Individual Part Setting" so a user knows that it is going to use the values set in the "Item Selector" window.

All the new nesting options are great! I'll have to admit, I need some documentation on all the new options. Looking forward to an updated help file!

All around, it's good stuff!
Thanks for all your work!
Ryan

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RhinoNest 2.5 Service Pack 4

The RhinoNest Team announces the new RhinoNest 2.5 Service Pack 4 with improves such as:

  • Importer algorithm improved: It checks if there is bad objects before doing the nesting. In some cases, in some imported files of other CAD systems, it creates some bad objects. Now these bad…
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