Pre-nesting shapes do not use the physical connections to define the length of plates, profiles, and members. Instead, they use the connected part mounting angle to define the length. For profiles, the system allows you to control some corrections to the pre-nesting length of the profile.
Pre-nesting is a plug-in service for Structural Manufacturing. You control the settings associated with pre-nesting by bulk loading the appropriate files. For more information, see Pre-nesting Setup.
After you enable pre-nesting, you can create the following objects with the light (undetailed) plate and profile parts:
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Marking lines
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Shrinkage
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Margins
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Manufacturing plates
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Manufacturing profiles
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Service manager
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Weld Compensation
Manufacturing profiles use a plug-in rule to control the end-cut impact.