Management of orders, start-ups and material stock • Preparation and management of start-ups in a

Main technical features

Ergonomics, parameterising, extensibility • 32-bit Windows® native software• Integrated editor (Visual Basic® compatible) for macro writing• Integrated Excel® compatible spreadsheet pro-gramme for the creation or customization of paper documents (templates, workshop documents...)• OLE Automation Support to control the software from outside• “QuickParameter” technology (recovering the attributes on an element of a figure to transpose them onto another figure)• “SmartPoint” and “Smart-Constructors” technologies (dynamic highlight of remarkable points supported or not by the existing geometry)• Possibility of defining a customized working environment (windows, tool bars, etc.)• Management of all software parameters in a centralised environment: machining and tools, technological charts, tables of contents, craft functions… with several access levels (tradi- tional use, advanced/expert parameterising)• Utility programme to calculate the cost price of a part, a nesting or a master file • 2D import via DXF, DWG, DSTV, IGES, MI (ME10®), GEO (Trumpf)• Possibility of converting files into black box by batch• 3D import (IGES, STEP, native CAD formats) and unfolding of sheet-metal parts ( CAD, 2D/3D import act/ unfold module)• Optional interface with the Solid Edge® and SolidWorks® software for automatic CAD unfolding of sheet-metal parts and direct import of resulting 2D geometries• Advanced 2D geometric creation functions.• Part dimensioning and measurement Assignment of technological attributes to geometries • Assignment of technological attributes to geometries (machining, entry points, micro- junctions, reconfiguration loops…)Case of punching-nibbling:• Management of assembly angles, attachment types, avoidance zones, accessibility zones via the position of the turret • Management of tool dies by thickness• Multi-tool management• Possibility of creating work turrets from a pre-defined turret model (pre-entered positions)• Management of clamps in the turret• Creation of the work turret as the parts are prepared, with feasibility verification at all programming steps • Automatic or interactive assignment of punching and nibbling tools according or not to the work turret• Automatic duplication of repetitive machining.• Integrated knowledge base to take into account the operator’s know-how (complex machining, special tools…)• Visual indication of too important overlap ratios• Automatic gouging of recesses (choice of the tool according to the geometry to be recessed, for example: circular recess with round tool or multi-cut)• Optimisation of tool strikes for gouging.• Nibbling with tools of any kind of shape (multi-cut, banana)• Choice and automatic management of part removal and holding modes (trap industrial doors, suction cups, micro-junctions…)• Visualisation of tool encumbrance (taken into account in the nesting)• Simulation of tool paths “desktop” based on the Windows® concepts• Taking into account of catalogues during start-ups• Optional management module for the cutting activity: orders, stocks (whole and partially- cut metal sheets), start-ups (grouping of orders and parts, history of nesting produced for traceability…)• Possibility of automatically generating the start-up files (grouping by material, thickness and technology)• Possible interface with Production Management or ERP systems• Scrap management• Utility programme to manage the orders and start-ups independently from act/ cut (creation, modification of master files) • Nesting of parts to exact profile• Operation in batch (automatic) or interactive (automatic, semi-automatic and assisted manual) modes• Automatic control of minimum gaps between parts and of the anti-collision system (with punching-nibbling tools)• Simultaneous display of all metal sheets of a start-up with possibility of interactively shifting the parts from one metal sheet to another• Choice between several automatic nesting strategies• Possibility of part rotation according to any kind of angle (including in automatic mode)• Management of prohibited part positioning (symmetry, rotation) and of nesting priorities Nesting

CAD/CAM for sheet metal working