Problem with Grouping and Nesting

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MarshallPlexi
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Problem with Grouping and Nesting

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I'm new to VCarve Pro and I'm able to get jobs run but I'm having trouble nesting these files (which I have successfully cut separately) and running them. Here are my parts. As you can see they are all separated out onto their layers.
Screen Shot 2014-04-23 at 12.11.20 PM.png
Next I group the individual parts so they SHOULD remain together when I nest.
Screen Shot 2014-04-23 at 12.11.47 PM.png
Next I try and run 4 copies and next them.
Screen Shot 2014-04-23 at 12.12.10 PM.png
Here is what I get.
Screen Shot 2014-04-23 at 12.12.21 PM.png
Any idea why I'm not able to keep the parts together when they are nested? I'd appreciate the help so much.

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TReischl
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Re: Problem with Grouping and Nesting

Post by TReischl »

I have an idea why they do not stay together as a group. Apparently the software can detect parts and is not fooled by the grouping. In other words, it recognizes outer boundaries.

What you can try is to create a boundary a little bit outside of your parts group. Then group that with the parts. After nesting you can ungroup the extra boundaries and remove them.

It seems to work well.

I do not do nesting very often, so maybe someone who is a guru has a better solution.

curious though as to why you want to group them in the first place?
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