iCNC PERFORMANCE
Manual 0-5399 NESTING 5-13
Machine time
Shows the active and inactive times along with their costs, calculated from the given data. Active time is the time that it takes to run
the cutting program. Inactive time is the time that it takes to prepare a job (like changing the plate) and change the consumables.
Material costs
This frame shows the consumption of material, consumables, gases, etc. and their costs. The material consumption can be handled
in several ways:
• You can select the entire plate to be consumed or just the rectangle surrounding the nesting.
• If there is no plate or ready nesting, then you can approximate the material consumption with a probable effective usage.
TOOLS:
Save Offer saves your current price calculation as a simple text file.
Material Cost Calculator Allows you to calculate how much a square foot (or meter) of plate cost. See more in chapter Material Cost
Calculator.
Save for Comparison This saves the current cost calculation to the computer memory. You can compare this to later calculations by
using the compare tool.
Compare Opens the compare window. See more in chapter Compare.
Load Loads a saved cost profile.
Save Saves the current cost profile.
Close Closes the cost calculator.
5.3.9 Compare
This window compares the costs. The Previous frame shows the results of that cost calculation, which you saved for comparison in
Cost Calculator The Current frame shows the latest cost calculation - the one you were looking, when you chose Compare in the Cost
Calculator. You can see the difference of these two in the Difference frame.
If you look at the Current frame, you can see that there is a checkbox Relative to parts area. That is because sometimes you can fit
more parts to the same plate by nesting the parts better. This kind of situation gives false results, because if you cut more parts out of
plate, you will use more time (and money). But when you compare the parts area, you can see that you have less wasted material and
thus you have saved more. That’s why this option is here. If both nestings have same parts, then this option has no effect to the result.
Savings per day is the sum, how much you save, if you cut this kind of jobs for 8 hours. Savings per week is the same, but for 40
hours. Productivity increase shows how much less time you need to cut this job.
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