They can simply add more parts without having to clean up the workspace, so the nesting process, and production, keeps going with no interruption.”Īny multi-body or assembly files can be added into the software’s Radquote tools, meaning that a complete Solidworks assembly can be dropped in, which then unfolds all the sheet metal parts and calculates cycle times, to prepare an accurate quote.Ī new Common Grid Cutting algorithm has been introduced to optimise sequences and perform the common line cuts first, and then once around the perimeter, instead of beginning with outside cuts. “It means manufacturers can react to changing priorities.

He added that the new release delivers a more ‘flexible, fluent approach’, by enabling parts for additional jobs to continuously go on to the nest, which he says leads to improved machine and sheet utilisation. “Unfolding parameters such as bend allowances, can be controlled independently of the geometry, leading to more accurate flat blanks, more accurate folding, and ultimately, to a higher quality product,” explained product manager Olaf Körner. Used for preparing parts for bending, nesting and cutting, in workflows such as model design to part repair and modification, the new module contains a material library and several calculation methods to create the correct unfolded shape. Hexagon is billing its new Radan Designer software as a pivotal part of Radan’s functionality as the “ultimate solution for taking geometry through to manufacture”, even allowing full CAD assemblies to be imported for accurate cost quoting.

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