CAD/CAM software nesting modules introduced

BobCAD-CAM Inc. has released Nesting Standard and Nesting Pro CAD/CAM software modules. According to the company, the software packages offer advanced nesting power with intelligent sheet optimizing technology that can increase material usage by as much as 15 percent for sheet cutting on CNC mills, routers, lasers, plasmas, and waterjet machines.

New nesting optimizers can be used to create either a fast nest or optimal nest. Without optimization, nests can be completed in a matter of seconds. However, by allowing the system to run as many as 102 trials, the system can improve material utilization by an average of 3 to 15 percent.

The modules also include new options for working with remnant sheets and custom sheet shapes. This means that any irregularly shaped leftover sheets from previous jobs can be used to nest more parts on future jobs.

The modules work seamlessly within BobCAD-CAM CNC programming software, so the user can design and nest parts, create toolpath programming, fully simulate the programming on a virtual version of the machine, and generate NC code for a CNC machine.