Hello,
I would like to treat two paths as one object in open nest 2. In particular, I am dealing with panels which only have recesses with a small depth in the first pass and are milled out in the second pass. The paths are partly on top of each other. It works for holes but not for paths they have the same border.
thx in advance
Example please.
Did you try nesting with attributes based on examples files?
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I trink so. I have tried a lot different ways. Can you please look at my files? Thx
OpenNest does not handle grouping or sorting of data. This is something you need to prepare yourself as part of the post-processing of your geometry.
If you are working in Rhino, here’s a workaround:
a) Draw the outlines as cleanly as possible to serve as boundaries.
b) To automate this task, you can use Grasshopper Clipper to offset parts slightly and then perform a boolean union.
For Rhino objects, I often separate the outlines from the geometry I am nesting. In the example below, you can see how I assign the geometry as attributes. You can do the same for your outlines that you are nesting, and attach the geometry you cut as attributes. But you would need to prepare those outlines in one way or another.
opennest2_1_nest_rhino_objects.3dm (67.9 KB)
opennest2_1_nest_rhino_objects.gh (32.9 KB)
Thank you, this works fine. I know I have to seperate the baked curves. This is not a problem.
Is there a possibility to combine two “Rhino Geometries” to make the file more structured? I tried merge but this will not work! The outlines are overlapping.
Thanks
Merge component would be good to have. Currently the only option is to use one component with one layer name.
I will put this is in my to do list.
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Hopefully, I will release this version this evening:
Merge component is zoomable so you can connect any number of components.
I also brought OpenNest1 component layout as an additional component with a few genetic algorithm optimizations.
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@Walter6 Try Opennest 2.11 just released.
Dont forget to download example files from food4rhino OpenNest download section.