I created a simple weldment with various angles, and dimensioned it to check what the cut list was doing with the values. I was hoping the cut list would contain all the necessary dimensions (rather than having to manually dimension each piece). However, while it correctly shows the overall length of the piece, the challenges are determining which edge is angle1, angle2 and the direction of the cut.
This weldment's cut list gives the cuts in order starting at one end. But if I had not dimensioned the angles, I would not be able to determine which end was the starting point. If I could determine this, then Angle1&2 follow that sequence. Although, it still doesn't seem to be sufficient info to feed a CNC cut-off saw.
I imagine this gets MUCH more difficult if the weldment is based off of a 3-d sketch and it is not obvious which is the start and end of a single line.
Another issue is the automatic sequence of the bubbles. They seem to follow the sequence that the lines were created. I would certainly prefer that they were arranged around the view in the same order as the cut list.
Any ideas on how to approach these issues?