NOTE ON PROFILING IN NEST: Profiling & MDF Door/Drawer Front operations will use the default tooling set up in Profile Modeller. A future version will allow the ability to alter tool groups and custom tooling per region on parts by integrating a connection to Profile Modeller from Control Nesting.

NOTE ON RENTAL CARVINGS IN NEST:The rental carvings performed in the nest will only run if the control has the proper amount of credit available to run.

Version 5.0 and higher of Control Nesting has the ability to perform Profiling and Rental Carvings in the nest. Profiling includes MDF Doors. The Profiling is an integration with eCabinet Systems and the Profile Modeller. Carvings are an integration with the Thermwood CNC Rental program.

To have both the Rental Carving and Profiling ability, you must have THM (Windows 2000 system version - 5.05, Build 9 or higher) OR (Windows XP Pro system version - 6.1.0.4 or higher) installed. To request a control upgrade click here:

To have the Profiling ability, you must have Profile Modeller version 2.0 or higher installed. To get the latest Profile Modeller click here:

To have the Carving ability you must have Thermwood CNC Rental version 2.0 or higher installed. To get the latest Thermwood CNC Rental application click here:

Changes/Additions for v5.40 (4/9/08)

• Part names being added to comments in CNC was introduced in 5.39. This version removes any parentheses that may exist in these names which would cause a THM error. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.39 (4/8/08)

• Losing Drill operations at the same location. (FIXED)
• Support for machines having the toolplate setup to use the W axis. (ADDED)

Changes/Additions for v5.38 (1/31/08)

• Outline pass on Dovetail parts with male tenons was cutting with wrong cutter compensation. This occurred when the part thickness is greater than or equal to the value set in Blind Dovetail Settings. This problem was introduced with version 5.37 (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.37 (1/29/08)

• Implemented parameter for performing Double Pass on outline pass of ‘skinny’ parts. A value for maximum width/length can be entered to determine if a part is ‘skinny’. Double Pass area value is still available as well. If a part is below or equals either value the part will be Double Passed. Double Pass settings are now accessed from a button in the Settings dialog. (ADDED)
• Pocketing not performing correctly for grouped door or drawer fronts. (FIXED)
• Placement Pins activated for Scrap Part Recovery if the Placement Pins selection is set for Flip Operations. This is required if a machine is set up to use Placement Pins at the Flip Operations fence since this is where a part is located for Scrap Part Recovery. (ADDED)
• Issues for Dovetail Drawer Boxes from KCDw addressed (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.36 (11/15/07)

• Implemented “Job Level Interface” support. A job can now be loaded with 1 file from other software. Currently KCDw is supported. (ADDED)
• Tool Name entry box added to operation tools for MDF Door support with Job Level Interface files. See manual for implementation. (ADDED)
• When multiple materials are entered for multiple panels at 1 time the panels are all getting nested on 1 material. (FIXED)
• Dovetail Drawer Box parts with Dovetail Tenons are getting cut too small when Perform All Through Cuts Last is NOT selected. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.35 (10/8/07)

• Profiles for MDF Doors occurring in odd areas when a nest consists of parts without profiling along with MDF Doors that contain profiling. This only occurred when the nest was run in different configurations before writing CNC. For example, nesting the parts then adding a sheet then running the nest again resulting in a different nest configuration before writing CNC. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.34 (9/4/07)

• Support for running nests as metric on imperial machine or imperial on metric machines  (ADDED)
• Sheet shift, flip operation shift, and Zshift values now follow machine default units. 
• Feed rates converted from machine default units to relative Control Nesting unit setting.  (NOTE:  This means that all feed rate values entered in Control Nesting should continue to be in the machine default units.  This is how it has always been.)

Changes/Additions for v5.33 (8/9/07)

• Not all Off-Fall deleting in Off-Fall dialog (FIXED)
• Centerline entities not importing in DXF (FIXED)
• Centerline entities not staying connected for minimized retracts when running DXF part (FIXED)
• Printed Sheet options for part name on part, width & height, and company name. (ADDED)
• Erase group settings in Tooling (ADDED)
• Ability to select multiple materials with Selection Filter in Load Screen (ALTERED)
• Ability to set whether or not you wish to designate CNC file name. (see manual) (ADDED)

Changes/Additions for v5.32 (7/27/07)

• Pocket tool not found error occurring in Settings when Tooling Select Tolerance is zero (FIXED)
• Pocketing failing for rectangles in certain scenarios (FIXED)
• Items dissappearing from the Load screen when multiple jobs are loaded with similar names. (FIXED)
• Fixture Offsets implemented in Settings for use rather that G901 or G902. This is an option. The G901 and G902 options are still available (ADDED)
• Selection Filter available in Load screen for selecting just parts from 1 material. (ADDED)
• Copy/Paste moved from copy/paste just a material in tooling to copy/paste an entire group setting. (ALTERED)
• Off-Fall selection/deletion dialog improved for searching and sorting. (ALTERED)

Changes/Additions for v5.31 (6/27/07)

• Invalid code being written for THM versions between 6.1.0.0 & 6.1.4.0 (FIXED)
• Feedrates no longer written to 2 decimal places. (ALTERED)

Changes/Additions for v5.30 (6/26/07)

• DXF parts drawn in ‘extreme’ locations such as X or Y values greater than 32000 losing precision on import (FIXED)
• Through drills not recognized when material thickness change is performed on partitions (FIXED)
• Compatability for THM version 6.1.4.0 and greater for dovetail, puzzle joint, and kd/rta construction methods (ADDED)

Changes/Additions for v5.29 (5/24/07)

• “Appropriate start point for operation not found.” warning occurring for drawer box bottoms having full dado construction into all 4 sides. (FIXED)
• Copy/Paste group materials in tooling. (ADDED)
• Plunge occurring in tip of male blind dovetail tenon on parts with tenons on both ends. (FIXED)
• Skin not being left on first pass of Outline Routs for drawer box parts with male blind dovetail tenons that require double pass. (FIXED)
• Blind dovetail tenons not getting thickness cut down prior to perimeter cut to minimize amount of material being cut with male dovetail tool which is normally 0.25”. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.28 (5/14/07)

• Pocketing failing with boundaries containing 180 degree arcs (FIXED)
• Pre-Ramp plunge not occurring for outlines in metric. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.27 (5/9/07)

• Edgebanding depiction on labels showing just black square (FIXED)
• Write CNC crashing in X nest direction but not Y direction in certain cases (FIXED)
• Blind Dove Tail tool getting called for chain operations and pocket cleanup operations in certain cases. (FIXED)
• Cabinet Vision & KCDW files not loading properly when extension designation .cvdxf & .kcdwdxf are used. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.26 (4/19/07)

• Invalid Y motion created for tabs occurring on lines in the 4th quadrant vector direction. (FIXED)
• Starting point designated through DXF input lost when Load screen is revisited to alter quantities or add additional components. (FIXED)
• Pockets occurring in wrong location on grouped door/drawer fronts. (FIXED)
• Part numbers displayed in nest & print out incorrectly for grouped door/drawer fronts. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.25 (4/12/07)

• When pre-ramp depth is set deeper than the chain operation depth it was still being performed at the specified pre-ramp depth. (FIXED)
• Offset array error occurring for blind dovetail drawer boxes in some cases. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.24 (4/2/07)

• Tabbing trying to occur on entities which are too short. This caused circle cuts into part on small arcs. (FIXED)
• Edgebanding depiction on labels getting incorrect rotation. (FIXED WITH EXCEPTION) EXCEPTION: eCabinet Systems insures the inside of the cabinet is the side of the part which is facing up in the nest. (Shelves top side, Partitions right side, Toe front side) For double sided material eCabinets will make the side of part with the most operations be the side facing up in the nest. For these circumstances where eCabinets switches this orientation to not be the inside of the cabinet there is a possibility that the rotation will be inaccurate. This is being address in eCabinets and will be fixed in version 5.1 Build 3. Release of this build will be available in the near future.
• Setting the start point for chain and outline operations in DXF can now be accomplished by putting the desired starting entity in a separate layer with same name plus the addtion of the word “start”. Refer to manual in DXF – Layer Names section. (ADDED)

Changes/Additions for v5.23 (3/26/07)

• Tabbing causing full circle cut when cutting direction starts on an arc  (FIXED)
• Pocket clean up cutting into part due to starting on small line/arc to inside corner  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.22 (3/13/07)

• Face frame parts not nesting. (FIXED)
• Profile in nest not matching up with outline. (FIXED)
• Pocketing calculations to handle overhang on parts eliminated for DXF parts. Now if machining is to be done over an edge of part the pocket boundary will need to be drawn to allow for radius of tool if desired. This was altered for MillLister support. (ALTERED)

Changes/Additions for v5.21 (3/8/07)

• Found a case where dovetail drawer boxes would not run cutter compensation correctly due to duplicate points in perimeter.  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.20 (3/7/07)

• DXF parts not going to nest after clicking Ok in load screen when part, cabinet, & job names are specified with any upper case letters. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.19 (3/2/07)

• Convex parts cutting wrong direction when the part contains common line segments.  This occurred on cabinet parts that contained blind dado tenons as well as edgebanding or part editor cuts at one time but then are all removed resulting in a rectangle.  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.18 (2/27/07)

• New strategy for direction failed for some parts with lines that are segmented for ramp-in.  This was occurring on cabinet parts in conventional direction with tenons.  (FIXED)
• Pocket failing error popping up on areas that were cut through but not requiring pocketing,  (FIXED)
• Improper Z depth occuring for chain and pocket clean up operations that were not through cuts in metric.  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.17 (2/26/07)

• Double pass area not calculated by outline, but rather using a chain operation if one exists.  (FIXED)
• DXF part width and length calculated incorrectly for parts either containing chain operation or arc defining boundaries.  This also caused Scrap Part Recovery to position the part incorrectly.  (FIXED)
• Pocket cuts failing on through cut pockets when the pocket area is smaller than value specified in Pocket Area.  (FIXED)
• Arc/Line that are same in X and Y but different in Depth getting removed are now excepted.  This will allow for multiple depth operations at the same X & Y location.  <note: operation order should be utilized to get the shallower cuts to be performed before the deeper cuts>  (ADDED)
• Having a Chain layer in DXF without a compin or compout designation caused THM to crash when loading the DXF.  (FIXED)
• In the Add Sheet(s) area a method was found that could accept a sheet that did not get nested.  This was found by adding 1 sheet then entering new data for a 2nd sheet without reselecting the material.  The 2nd sheet would not get nested.  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.16 (2/22/07)

• Implemented a new strategy to determine cutting direction for chain, outline, dado, & pocket operations. (FIXED/ADDED)
• Altered operation for cleanup on pockets to use cutter compensation. Was receiving reports of cleanup pass cutting wrong side of pocket perimeter. (FIXED/ALTERED)
• WriteCNC causing operation 1 error for circular parts comprised of 4 arcs which is the only way to import a circular part in DXF to Control Nesting. (FIXED)
• Flip operation barcode not printing in metric. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.15 (2/13/07)

• Version 5.14 causes missing barcodes on labels for parts that contain flip operations.  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.14 (2/12/07)

• Zig-Zag pocketing causing cuts outside the pocket area resulting in majority of part getting cut.  (FIXED)
• Drill operations cutting too large when being pocketed as a result of no drill tool available and the pocket settings has a clearance amount.  (FIXED)
• Void entries not allowed for Off-Fall.  (FIXED)
• Flip operation barcode printing out on labels when part does not have a flip operation.  This was happening on parts from eCabinets with through drill holes.  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.13 (1/31/07)

• Pocketing causing circular holes to be created too large when cleanup amount is used. (FIXED)
• Scrap Part Recovery improved to support part location at flip operation fence. It will obey the no outline cut option and the nest to edge of sheet option. (FIXED)
• Scrap Part Recovery now obeys the rotation value set with Part Rotation Step Angle in Settings. (ADDED)

Changes/Additions for v5.12 (1/11/07)

• Chain CompIn failed for correct cutter compensation.  (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.11 (1/5/07)

• Running incorrect cutter compensation in chains and outlines with arcs defining the boundary. (FIXED)
• Pockets that are beyond the boundary of part are cutting too large. (FIXED)
• Tool cutting into inside corner on parts with tenons. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.08 (11/27/06)

• DXF drill operations recoginized for drill bank. If holes are in line of X or Y axis and have spacing of 32mm or 64mm they will be recognized for drill bank use if the drill bank is available. (ADDED)
• Settings for No Outline and No OffFall cuts in CNC. (ADDED)
• If Control Nestting starts on a very small arc in an outline or chain operation it causes cutter compensation to cut into part due to start entity alterations for radius of tool. (FIXED)
• Export was saving file in the parent directory of selected directory. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.07 (11/15/06)

• Blind Dovetail Male Tenons getting cut into with outline tool when the part thickness is equal to or greater than value specified in Blind Dovetail Settings due to cutter compensation on inner angle. The arc is removed for the outline tool to do the ‘hogging’ out for relief to smaller tool cleanup. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.06 (11/14/06)

• Flip Operation barcode not appearing on label for part requiring flip operation due to profiling only. (FIXED)
• More circle cases not pocketing. (FIXED)
• Perform Through Cuts Last causing the second outline pass to cut in the wrong direction causing part to be cut too small due to cutter compensation. (FIXED)
• Double Pass occurring with both passes at full depth when part area is equal to the value entered as Double Pass Size. (FIXED) NOTE: Double Pass area is calculated by Width X Length. i.e. A circle’s double pass area is Diameter X 2.

Changes/Additions for v5.05 (11/8/06)

• Material Thickness value in Blind Dove Tail Settings to specify what material thickness requires the outline tool to make a skin cut pass around the tenons of the Dove Tail joint. (more information in manual) (ADDED)
• More circular pocket boundary cases failing (cases found were a result of mirroring command being done in AutoCAD) (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.04 (10/23/06)

• Pocketing failing it different scenarios  (FIXED)
• Only Region 1 writing to CNC.  (FIXED)
• Some parts having arcs in the outline caused WriteCNC to lock up. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.03 (10/18/06)

• Export utility. Creates a file with all current settings so that it may be sent to Thermwood for any issues. If a problem is found this file will help to reproduce the error. Just send the file with a description of the problem. (ADDED)
• Set tool tolerance. This value can be set in Tooling. This value will tell Control Nesting what tolerance to use when selecting the proper tool for an operation. The tolerance value is applied to the diameter of the tool. For example, if an operation calls for a tool with a diameter of 0.25" and the tool at the control that will work for this operation is actually 0.245 a tolerance of 0.006" will allow this tool to be selected for the operation. (ADDED)
• Check to verify tool diameter entered in Settings for pocketing exists in tooling. It will check for an existence of a rout tool with this diameter in all material groups using the tooling tolerance. (ADDED)
• Ramp in on pocket routs causing a cut into area not desired. This occurred on pocketing areas where the width was only slightly larger than the tool diameter. (FIXED)
• Optimized drilling operations when back side drill met front side drill to create a through hole. Control Nesting will now just perform the through drill on the front side and eliminate the back side operation. (FIXED)
• Getting an error when a job is loaded from an external drive which is removed after loading. (FIXED)
• Profiled parts with quantity greater than 1 not getting profiled in the nest. (FIXED)
• Labels printing a black square for parts with edge banding. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.02 (10/2/06)

• Edge banding performed in eCabinets displayed as image on labels. The image is an outline of the part with a line next to the edge that gets edge banding. (ADDED)
• Chain CompIn operations for DXF files starting on inside corners and causing tool to cut into part (FIXED)
• Off-Fall barcode not scanning. (FIXED)
• Spiral pocketing not completely pocketing inside area. Problem seen more prevalently with letters being pocketed. (FIXED)
• Some nests causing THM to crash after Write CNC is performed. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v5.01 (9/15/06)

• CNC code appearing before header in CNC file for jobs with Dove Tail Drawers (FIXED)
• Invalid Bookmark error when writing CNC for jobs with Dove Tail Drawers (FIXED)
• Female routs not being performed for Dove Tail Drawer Boxes (FIXED

Changes/Additions for v5.0 (9/12/06)

• Ability to perform Profiling & MDF Doors/Drawer Fronts from eCabinet Systems (ADDED)
• Ability to perform Inset Rental Carvings in the nest from eCabinet Systems and the Thermwood CNC Rental program. (ADDED)
• Settings for MDF Door operations in Settings. (ADDED)

NOTE ON PROFILING IN NEST: Profiling & MDF Door/Drawer Front operations will use the default tooling set up in Profile Modeller. A future version will allow the ability to alter tool groups and custom tooling per region on parts by integrating a connection to Profile Modeller from Control Nesting.

NOTE ON RENTAL CARVINGS IN NEST: The rental carvings performed in the nest will only run if the control has the proper about of credit available to run.

Changes/Additions for v4.94 (7/05/06)

• KD operations not being done as drill operation in some cases  (FIXED)
• Wasteboard option for flip ops in settings  (ADDED)
• Ability to add a macro at header and/or footer for each sheet  (ADDED)
• Changed Room#  to Job name in printed sheet  (ADDED)

Changes/Additions for v4.93 (6/21/06)

• Multiple materials in 1 CPOUT file not nesting correctly (FIXED)
• Jobs with illegal Windows file characters in name stopping WriteCNC (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v4.91 (3/9/06)

• Chain operations were being performed twice on parts that required double pass and the perform through cuts last option was selected (FIXED)
• Some DXF files with polyline outlines were getting the wrong material thickness value (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v4.90 (3/7/06)

• DXF List allows ability to provide a part, cabinet, job name per part. If you are using Excel then the 3 final fields represent these values respectively. If you are using the CSV file format then these 3 values are the 3 final comma delimited values respectively. These values could represent part, subassembly, assembly as well. The values will be used in the labels. (ADDED)
• Dovetail property check box in tooling. This feature is for the upcoming eCabinet Systems version 5 drawer box blind dovetail construction ability. (ADDED)
• A DXF file is now read and checked for proper material thickness as the part is loaded in the load screen. In the past it was done when the ok button was selected to leave the load screen, which could be tedious for the operator. (FIXED)
• Delete All Sheet(s) option available in add sheets area. (ADDED)
• Arcs are coming in the wrong direction or inverted for DXF. (FIXED)
• Last line feed speed not being used for doublepass parts when the perform through cuts last option is not active. (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v4.89 (1/31/06)

• DXF List import supports CSV file format from MillLister. (ADDED)
• DXF input now supports LWPolyline (ADDED)
• Found a scenario where spiral pocketing failed and zig-zag worked (FIXED)
• Drill operations in DXF not following the order of sequence designated in layer name (FIXED)

Changes/Additions for v4.87 (1/4/06)

• Loading Excel files for panels or DXF lists was causing invalid errors in certain circumstances. (FIXED)
• Noticed that Material names consisting of only numbers are not supported in Excel. Excel is converting it to a number value during read into Control Nesting. So when using the Excel imports Material names MUST consist of at least 1 non-numerical character.

Changes/Additions for v4.86 (12/23/05)

• Version 4.85 was checking for a decimal in the entire file path and refusing to load the file if one existed other than the extension decimal. This was only supposed to check the file name itself. This was stopping files in file directories with decimals from loading. Now only the file name is checked. Decimals in file names are not allowed. (FIXED)