Note that if the plate selector is already 'Showing All Available', you can skip to step 3 below. Although it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the steps to get to step 3.
1Click the Open Plate button 
in the upper left hand corner.
2Click Refresh at the top of the plates selector window
This will show you the plates you have in stock which the open parts in the explorer can be nested onto. The filters at the top of this page control which plates in the stock database are shown, and if there are parts open the filters are automatically set to show plates for workspace materials, i.e. suitable for the parts.
You should see the following list of plates, which are available to nest onto in the tutorials database.
For this tutorial, we will filter these plates by selecting the Workspace Materials filter, and clicking refresh again. You should see the following blank 6 x 2.4 m plates appearing at the bottom of your plates selector list.
If there are half nested plates at the top of the list, select the blank plates and press the up arrow (top right of the window) 
to move the plates to the top.
3Click the Auto Nest button in the bottom right corner of the screen.
This nests the parts on plates, first on the plates at the top of the list. Press DONE to close the Autonest Progress window.
The autonest progress window when completed.
4 Click on the Processing Tab at the top of the screen to open the Processing Editor.
5Click Process All (or hit 'P') to process all the geometry on the plate.
6The following Processing Options box should appear as shown. Check the values and make sure they match with the example below. Click OK.
| Note: If the spindle processor window appears, Click OK. Go to the Tools tab at the top of the window, click user options. Under the Processing tab, ensure that the "Use custom diameter matching tolerance" box is checked and is set to 0.013mm (0.0005"). |
7 Click on the Sequencing Tab at the top of the screen to open the Sequencing Editor.
8 Click the play button 
to preview the sequencing. Note that it is currently processing part by part.
9Click the Schedule tab at the top of the screen.
10Click the button 
Schedule at the top of the sidebar that appears.
11We are happy with the defaults, so click Schedule . PrimeCut will bring up a print dialog box and a work report.
12Save the NC code e.g. 'Basic Flow Tut' when prompted.
13Look through the work report.
Reports are divided into sections by the tabs along the top; be sure to view all the tabs. These reports are user configurable)
14 Click Home 
when you're done.
15 Click Yes when asked to save the workspace.