SolidNEST Punch provides top-end nesting and NC programming capabilities for a turret punch press. 

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

The version of SolidWorks sold with SolidNEST is Parts & Assemblies. It has full part modeling and assembly capabilities, including all the functionality of the full SolidWorks version with the exception of creating a complex detailed / engineering drawing with a title block (cannot open or save .slddwg, .dxf, and .dwg files). SolidNEST will also work with a full version of Solidworks purchased from a Solidworks reseller.

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

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

Auto-Dynamic Punch 

• Tool management

• Interactive and automatic tooling

• Auto-Dynamic nesting with tooling and tool compensation

• Mixed part nesting

• Nesting in the dead zone

• Common line tooling

• Auto-repositioning

• Automatic tabbing and microjoints

• Turret setup tracking and reporting

• Tool substitution

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