SolidNEST Combo provides top-end nesting and NC programming capabilities for combination machines such as plasma/punch and laser/punch machines. 

Solidworks Gold Partner

SolidNEST is the first fabrication product designed to run exclusively inside of Solidworks. SolidNEST uses the same SolidWorks interface and geometry to generate toolpaths to ensure the part you machine is the same part you have modeled. Time-consuming file transfers using standard file formats such as IGES and SAT are eliminated.
 

Solidworks

SolidNEST runs exclusively inside SolidWorks, the world leader in 3D Mechanical CAD software. Solidworks is intuitive and enables you to develop better products by allowing your design team to work smarter and faster. In SolidWorks 2008 software, design data is 100 percent editable, and relationships between parts, assemblies, and drawings always stay up-to-date.

Solidworks Features:

• Ease of use and comprehensive search functions.

• 2D and 3D data integration and reuse.

• Design automation and manufacturability

• SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology

• Built-in part analysis

• Design communication allows sharing design concepts

• Machine design tools - weldment design, analysis, and documentation tools.

• Consumer product and mold design tools

• Online access to ready-made components

• Manufacturability validation of your designs

Part Creation

• Automatic lead-in and lead-out generation

• Grain constraint for manual and automatic nesting

• Bend line etching

Part Cost Estimating and Reporting

• Automatic calculation of part area, weight, cutting time and cost

• Material requirement estimating

• User-definable reports

• User-definable cost parameters

• Machine specific customizable quote

Automatic Rectangular Nesting 

• Automatic rectangular nesting of parts or clusters

• Automatic multi-head nesting

• Automatic part back-to-back best-fit grid nest

• Multiple sheet nesting on rectangular sheets

True Shape Nesting 

• Automatic true shape nesting, including parts in parts                

• Automatic multi-head true shape nesting               

• Dynamic lead-in repositioning             

• Nesting for repositioning 

Level 2 Nesting 

• Non-rectangular raw material definition from geometry

• Automatic plate cropping function

Advanced Automatic Nesting

• Advanced auto-select nesting engine with algorithm library

• Nesting for common line

• Advanced multi-head nesting

• Automatic variable torch distance nesting

• Automatic nesting on multiple, side-by-side sheets

• Exact nesting

• Optimized stack nesting

• Double sided nesting

Profile AutoNC  

• Automatic NC programming and code generation

• Automatic lead-in placement

• Fully automatic cutter path generation

• Automatic sequencing for machine motion optimization

Basic Punch Tooling  

• Tool library

• Turret setup definition

• Interactive part mode tooling

• Interactive nest mode tooling

• Manual repositioning

• Automatic tool sorting

• Manual tabbing and micro-joints

• Drop door support

• Tool safety zones

Profile/Punch Combination Machine 

• Nesting in the dead zone and under clamps              

• Interactive and automatic NC toolpath generation               

• Interactive and automatic punch tooling                   

• Tool management                   

• Drop door support                 

• Auto-repositioning                 

• Pre-pierce punching               

• Process substitution               

• Inspection parts, manual sequencing and grouping

SolidWorks OLE Automation Integration

• Direct geometry transfer from SolidWorks

• Part and assembly level processing

• Production configuration support

• Access to native file format

• Batch processing support

• Multi-depth feature recognition

• Sheet metal unfolding

• Weldment support