Q How to make a spline
A
Draw lines through points - you need an extra line at both ends.
Make an open profile
Select profile
Free end - you may have to free both ends
Make Spline

Q
When I Post Process it says that the job number already exists.
A
This is due to the counter being stuck below the highest number in the JobQueue.
Edit C:\NESTLITE\System\nestnet.ini and enter a number greater than the highest number in the JobQueue.
You can look for the number in Job Queue Manager or look in C:\NESTLITE\System\Jobqueue.dat

Mayflower 
Malcolm Roope
Q
1. When creating a component, only the first four of forty directories are available from material types database. No material types have been deleted.
2. After printing in Designlite, cannot open a plate file in Nestlite without crashing out of program.
3. After printing in Nestlite cannot open another plate file without crashing out of program.
4. After printing in Designlite or Nestlite, using mouse click and drag often causes crash.
5. When virus checker active Designlite sometimes crashes out when trying to print. All details of installed printers then disappear from Printers folder, but return after shutting down computer.
A
Do you mean that - not all material types appear when saving a component?
If so  you have probably copied folders from a previous system and your Material.Dat files are not correct.
The default material date is in Material.Dat in the System folder and each time a material thickness folder is created in system manager, the Material.Dat file is copied into the new folder. So I guess you should copy the old Material.Dat file from the old System folder into the new System folder.
 
Printer problem - I suspect you need a better printer driver for the version of Windows you are using.
 

 


Forth Steels 06/01/2004
Richard

Subject: dxf problems
(See attached file: BI334-ST-CLA-04-015.dxf)
Q
I have had problems opening dxf files in designlite.  When I open them in designlite all I get is a couple of items and maybe some cut-outs all of which are to scale. What I have had to do when I receive them is open them in another cad package that I use, save them as file type 'AUTOCAD R12/LT2 DXF' but then when I open them in designlite, I can see it all but it is in inches and has to be scaled up, which causes problems if all the items are not to the scale. Even if I save the file as release 14 I cannot see all the items but get more than the original. I have attached a recent sample of a dxf file fo you to look at. This is starting to be a major problem for me as we are receiving more drawings as dxf files and although it does not happen on all occassions it is happening more often.

A
The main problem is that the draftsman has adopted a technique of creating a polyline, in a line by line format and them using the "Close polyline" function, which effectively assumes a line which does not exist in the DXF file. 
The solution is to "Explode the polyline  and then export the DXF file. This has the effect of adding the assumed line as a vector.

The other problem is that the layers have not been used to separate the geometry elements from annotation, so you are left with a bit of deleting to do.

I assume you are using Options/Import.. / Layers and Automatic profile generation in Design.exe

Your inches problem could be caused by the setting of your CAD package. DXF can be unitless so the Import and subequest export could effectely convert the units. Nestlite assumes all units are metric.

You could ask you customer to help by exploding polylines and using a layer just for geometry. It will save you hours.


Geoffrey Maskell 13/11/2003
Q - Program hangs when Post Processing
A - Jobqueue.dat has probably got a faulty line or filename contains [ ] chracters.

Heil Europe - Configs

A reminder on what took place - I installed version 2 onto a new system to
the 'D' partition. Keeping the in files from this install the processing
appears to go through fine at PC level but as I mention they cannot punch in
the code which prints out on the cutters console  - they get the code on the
print out.

Having copied these files over to the now pc from the old the system just
hangs when Okaying it at processing - I have double checked the paths and
they are all OK.

You can e-mail me direct on billy.j@virgin.net - I will check mail tonight,
otherwise I will be back onsite tomorrow and I will give you a call.

Cheers

Billy

Billy

The problem is caused by having too many entries in the Jobqueue

To resolve it, delete so entries in the jobqueue that are not needed anymore or may not be required for some time. You can always re postprocess them back into the jobqueue.

If you use Notepad to thin out the file, can delete older entries at the top of the file.
Job Queue manager displays then in a different sorted order taking no transmitted ones first.

If the proceedure is to cut the job and then never cut it again, then you should periodically clean out the queue.

I hope this helps

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