I dunno about CAD, but a 30sec sketch says to me you can get up to7 from the
sheet.

Lay out the 1st one like a C, with the ends in the 2 corners of a short
side. If your measurements are correct, you'll have 1/2" clearance from
either long side. Draw exactly the same shape moved over about 1' to the
left. And so on, until you have a line of C's nested into each other.

"Rob V" wrote in message
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Hello all,

Question for all those CAD people out there.
Im using TurboCad the free learning edition.

Im in the process of building an icecream stand for a client.
They want a 47" diameter arch - 9' long for the top.
My plan is to cut out 47" x 3" wide diameter ribs (arches) then support
them
in the middle then put bendy ply over it.
Im figuring 6 arches for support - id like to be able to cut them all out
on
1 sheet of ply.
Does anyone know if there is a way in CAD to have it automagically layout
a
peice w/in another peice?

(If turbo cad cant do it - but someone has one that does - anyway you can
email me a pic of the layout - that would be great!!!
( r_b_v at v_e_r_z_e_r_a doth c_o_m - remove the _'s)

Ie - I draw a 4'x8' box.- Part A
I then draw the arch - 47" OD, 43" ID - Part B
then have it fit as many of Part B inside part A?

Doing it by hand right now - I can fit 5.
2 on the top
2 on the bottom (layed out like the Macdonalds arches on top of each
other)
then 1 more in the middle facing like a U

Id like to somehow fit 6 on 1 sheet.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

-Rob