Hey Guys,
Thanks for all the help. eCabs requires internet access for installation but not use. The nesting diagrams are for those cabinet makers that do not own a Thermwood router. My understanding is that when you have a Thermwood router, the file is sent to the machine and all nesting/optimizing is done at the post processor. To my knowledge, I'm not violating the licensing agreement.
eCabs does output a cutlist. You can't export but you can copy and paste. Of course, my Cabnetware software will export it's cutlist in a format that is acceptable to excel etc. I wonder if there's an optimizer out there that will nest and export in dxf?
There's a couple of reasons for not just using a autocad or the like. 1. I have $6k invested in Cabnetware which does a very good job at designing and providing accurate cutlists. 2. Time is precious and if I have to spend alot of time to get the cutfiles I need for shopbot, I've lost any advantage of using the cnc. 3. My skills in drawing in a stand alone cad SUCK! I just purchased TurboCad and I'm trying to learn how to draw a rectangle of the dimensions that I want! That's not the shopbot's fault...
I thought that it would be convenient and efficient if I could use the nested parts diagram that eCab's provides. BTW, when you export the picture of the nested sheet, you can select the pixel resolution. The image above was at 100% size and I think it was 1079pixel high and 970 pixel wide.
For the standard cabinets, all of our cabinet side panels are the same. Only the tops, bottoms and stretchers change in length. If I can re-learn how to use cad, I could create a library.
Thanks for all of your feedback and help!
Chris
