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All parts will be treated as one part when NC Program made in Sheet Grouping
Process and WinNEST are loaded. This function allows you to separate Ungrouping
part of sheet as one part. Also, more than two parts can be made as one
part.

9.1.1 Separate Parts

[Sheet Layout]-[Separate]
Separates part from merged parts.
1. Click [Sheet Layout] and [Separate].
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2. Click the part.

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 3. Select parts to be separated.
● Hold left. mouse button and drag around parts.
● Also, more than many parts can be selected by clicking without holding shift
Tips key if [Condition setup]-[System]-[Confirm Continuous Addition] is checked.
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4. Enter the part number for the part separated in [Separate Part
No.] in the [Separate] dialog box
● The name of the part exist on the sheet can not be used.
● To change the number of a jointed part to be separated, change the number in
NOTE
[Source Part No.].

5. Click [Apply].
6. To separate another part, repeat steps 3 and 4.
(To select another part, right click the mouse, click [Operation
Back], and then return to the step 2.)
7. To exit this function, click [Close].

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[Sheet Layout]-[Merge]
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! Merged parts will be treated as one part on the report. If you want to
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output parts as individual parts on the report, use [Sheet Layout] and
[Grouping].
⇒ Refer [4.3Grouping parts])
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1. Click [Sheet Layout] and [Merge].

Operation
2. Click one part to merge.

3. Click the other part to merge.

● Clicking somewhere blank will make operation return to step2.
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 4. Enter the part number for the merged part on [Merge Part N0.]
in the [Merge] dialog box.
● Clicking somewhere blank will make operation return to step3 9
● In the step 4, you can use same number in the "original part number 1" or
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5. Click [Apply].
6. To merge another parts, repeat steps 2 to 4.
7. To exit this function, click [Close].

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