INTEGRATED CAD/CAM FOR THE SHEET METAL INDUSTRY
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INTEGRATED CAD/CAM FOR THE SHEET METAL INDUSTRY MASTER YOUR MANUFACTURING PROCESS

INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC CAD/CAM: SHEET METAL In an ever-changing world, the needs of sheet metal industry professionals have significantly changed. Faced with increasingly high industrial requirements (costs, lead times, etc.), businesses are forced to increase their productivity. There are two performance drivers available: > Invest in highly automated production facilities in order to produce more and faster, with your primary concern being the centralization of the multiple sources of information within the company. > Establish a design, manufacturing and management solution within the company....

TopSolid, the only software dedicated to the sheet metal industry, offering full integration from the design to the manufacturing of your parts, for typical productivity gains of over 30%. Utilization of external projects TopSolid’Sheetmetal is not only capable of retrieving external projects, but also offers you the possibility of converting them for use: > Retrieval functions through the provision of standard and native interfaces > Project reconstruction industry tools > Thickness recognition > Management of folds and deformations > Analysis and conversion with verification of the...

In the sheet metal industry, for both subcontracting companies and manufacturers, the CAM tool must provide not only automatic features for the preparation of repeat parts destined for series production runs, but must also allow users to handle the system when processing complex parts. TopSolid’Sheetmetal gives users the flexibility needed to meet production requirements. Make the most of your know-how TopSolid’Sheetmetal gives you the opportunity to build on your methods by providing you with numerous functions for creating and customizing your production tools but also for centralizing...

Optimized management of punching is the guarantee of rapid and expert machining preparation Advanced automation TopSolid’Sheetmetal not only includes an automatic mode but also useful manual features to provide flexibility in the programming process. Subcontractors are faced with the problem of using external files on a daily basis. To save time not only in retrieving but also processing files, TopSolid’Sheetmetal retrieves, reconstructs and automatically converts a list of DXF files into machining documents. Powerful automatic machining assignment The automatic assignment of tools for...

Cutting machine technology allows parts to be machined very quickly. It is therefore important to combine this with a very flexible and powerful programming solution! TopSolid’Sheetmetal controls all types of cutting machines: laser, flame, plasma, and water jet. Total associativity between design and manufacturing TopSolid’Sheetmetal automatically calculates trajectories and provides a range of manual features for maximum optimization. Cutting parameters, which are essential in ensuring quality cutting, are managed by machine, by thickness and by taking into account the different cutting...

TopSolid’Sheetmetal offers a very powerful nesting module as standard. The software also allows you to manage offcuts in order to reduce material waste. The software’s communication with an ERP system secures and improves the reliability of your data. Your industry expertise is perpetuated and your loss ratio decreased Efficient nesting TopSolid’Sheetmetal offers users various nesting strategies according to the parts to be produced and machine technology. Whether for complex parts or rectangular parts, the nesting strategy proposed minimizes the loss ratio to reduce material waste. Nesting...