“CUT SMARTER, QUOTE FASTER” SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR METAL PROCESSING SINCE 1976
COMPUTERIZED CUTTING NEEDS PRECISE, CLEAN GEOMETRY
*FastCAM® can nest, read or
convert CAM, DXF IGES,
ESSI, Word Address, (EIA) as
standard.
DSTV, HPGL and direct
AutoCAD DWG import are
cost-plus options.
FastCAM® is a system built fabricators are increasingly l i n e s o r h a s p o o r l y
specifically for the high speed supplied job data in a variety c o n s t r u c t e d s h a p e s ,
production of line drawings. of file formats. To solve this FastCAM® can clean up these
CNC needs every line, arc or problem, FastCAM® can not deficiencies and find potential
entity in precise and clean only load a range of file ‘stoppage’ issues before they
geometry. Importantly the types*, it includes a suite of reach the cutting floor.
lines also
connected.
need
to
be
CAD Smart Tools for
conversion to NC- ready code.
Even very small CAD lines can
be automatically blended with
By comparison, CAD was If the geometry you have been true arcs. File sizes can drop
designed to put lines on supplied in your CAD file 80-90% producing a higher
paper. However today’s contains gaps or overlapping quality cut.
DRAW, VERIFY & COST JOBS BEFORE CUTTING
NC Code Editor shows individual
processes by color and line type
Draw, Path, Cut :
•Simple 2D Drawing
DXF/IGES compatible
•Realtime Pan & Zoom
•Automatically trims lines
and arcs with a single click
•20 step undo/redo with
Auto Repeat Drawing
•Negative/Positive Bridging
(joins adjacent parts with
‘bridge’ to minimize pierce)
•C u s t o m i z a b l e P r i n t i n g making it ideal to cost
Template
individual parts or complete
Visual,
Graphic
NC
nests. FastPLOTTM can also
read and convert existing NC
Verification for CAM, DXF code for reverse engineering
and NC code. FastPLOT™ into CAD DXF files or CAM
is included in the system to files.
enable users to read and
write NC code with full graphic
simulation.
Point & Click search feature
instantly locates specific
code for each entity in part pro-
It provides cutting time and gram.
distances as well as net and
gross material utilization
Costing data includes Time
and Distance for all
processes Cutting, Marking etc.
ELIMINATE 50% OF PROGRAMMING TIME WITH AUTOMATIC PATHING
FastPATH™
is included in the
FastCAM®
Professional Edition
FastPATH™ has the ability to
completely analyze a nest and
determine which contours are
parts and which are holes, no
matter how deeply nested.
Entries and exits are added
and the software then
sequenced. Path single or
nested parts, including
Direction, Kerf, Entries/Exits,
Sequencing, Batch Process-
ing, Hole Avoidance & Tabs.
A substantial time and
consumable saver,
especially on complex nests
& large numbers of cutouts.
Kerf compensation can also
be calculated automatically
on your PC* so the control-
ler doesn’t have to do it.
*A COST-PLUS OPTION.
All of these complex pathing tasks reduced to a single click!
