Nesting on command line

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marcofik
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Nesting on command line

Post by marcofik » Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:44 pm

How do we use the command line script dwgnest? I keep getting errors with this command: ./dwgnest -o nest.dxf -s sheet_layer -p cutting_layer. OS is mac, QCAD/CAM Pro version 3.27.6.0 (3.27.6)

Warning: collision with object of type: 22
Warning: RScriptHandlerEcma::eval: script engine exception: "TypeError: Result of expression 'strArg' [undefined] is not an object."
Warning: "getLayerNamesFromString(doc = RDocument(0x6000036b89b0), strArg = undefined) at :scripts/Pro/Tools/common.js:24\nmain() at :scripts/Nest/Tools/DwgNest/DwgNest.js:107\n<global>() at :scripts/Nest/Tools/DwgNest/DwgNest.js:165"
Warning: At least one uncaught exception:
Warning: "getLayerNamesFromString(doc = RDocument(0x6000036b89b0), strArg = undefined) at :scripts/Pro/Tools/common.js:24\nmain() at :scripts/Nest/Tools/DwgNest/DwgNest.js:107\n<global>() at :scripts/Nest/Tools/DwgNest/DwgNest.js:165"
17:26:30: Debug: "<global>() at 24"

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andrew
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Re: Nesting on command line

Post by andrew » Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:52 pm

marcofik wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:44 pm
./dwgnest -o nest.dxf -s sheet_layer -p cutting_layer
You would also need to specify an input file, e.g.:

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./dwgnest -o output.dxf -s sheet_layer -p cutting_layer input.dxf
See also usage at:
https://www.qcad.org/en/products/qcad-c ... (QCAD/CAM)

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