Nesting Objects

Nesting objects reduces wasted material by flipping, grouping, and rotating objects on the blank to achieve maximum use.

Note: If you are nesting individual letters in a sentence, apply Arrange > Text to Graphics prior to continuing. Otherwise, the sentence is nested as a whole.

1. Select objects in the workspace.
2. Go to Arrange > Nesting.
3. Select options in the SmartBar and click Apply or Close.

Nesting SmartBar

From left to right:

Nesting Objects SmartBar

Use the table to configure
Starting corner	Select a corner to begin nesting.
Nest direction	Select the direction objects are spread across the sign blank.
Rotate
Nesting margins
Clearance between parts	Specify space between nested objects.
Error factor of clearance	Specify an error factor, which can help produce more consistent spacing between objects (and increases processing time).
Allow mirrored parts	Select to allow objects to be flipped for nesting.
Keep groups intact
Include tool paths
Block nesting	Select to use box bounding area as nesting boundary.
Nest parts in part's holes	Select to use empty spaces in objects for nesting.
Select a sheet	Select to nest objects across a selected shape instead of the sign blank.
Fill Sign Blank (only when one object is selected)	Select to fill entire sign blank with nested objects.
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