Nest

Overview

The Nest gives you the overview of the nesting table and allows you to Rotate, Flip, and Center selected copies.

Nest Information

Shows information about the nest.

Flip, Rotate, Edit Flaws

Flip will flip a nested table of patterns vertically about the fabric centerline. Use this when you want to flip the material over and cut the nest on the back side of the material.

Rotate will rotate a table of patterns 180° about the center of the nest. Use this when a patterned material is coming off the roll in the opposite direction as expected. Camouflage materials can have this issue.

Edit Flaws will open up a window where you can enter the location and size of a rectangular shaped fabric flaws on the material. The X and Y location is the center of the flaw.

Flaws will display in the nesting view so you can nest around them. In Nestle mode, copies won’t be allowed to overlap a flaw. Autonesting will also place patterns around the flaws.

To remove a flaw, select the flaw from the Flaw dialog and click Remove or Remove All.

Copy Explorer

When no copies are selected, the Copy Explorer will display in place of Copy Layout and Copy Information. It will display a list of all copies in the current nest. You can search for a pattern and there is also a full Right-click context menu available.

Copy Layout

When a copy is selected, the Copy Layout will display.

Location

This is a pattern’s X and Y position in the Nest View.

Center Vertically allows you to center a single copy in the material width.

Rotation

It is often helpful to rotate patterns in the Project View, for easy recognition. You can rotate a pattern to specific angles by using the Rotation buttons or enter a specific angle in the Rotation field.

Flip

Flips pattern about a Horizontal or Vertical axis only in the Nest View. When you flip a pattern in the nest view, it will indicate the flip on the Project View. When you flip a copy in the nest view, an icon will appear on the pattern in the Project View. The pattern will now have a flip horizontal, flip vertical, or flip horizontal/vertical symbol at its center. **NOTE** When you flip a copy that includes text, the text will be printed backwards in the Nest View as an extra indication that the copy has been flipped. Text will always print normally.

Copy Information

Shows all the specific information of the copy or copies selected. The units listed will be the units specified in preferences.