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FlowNest

  • Summary

    Get The Most Out of Your Material

    Simple, waterjet specific geometric nesting module gives you the most efficient use of your material. Geometric nesting allows parts to fit inside scrap areas of other parts.

  • Feature

    Maximize your material with full geometric nesting

    • Import your standard DXF or Flow specific ORD part files
    • Select part quantity, degree of rotation angle and priority
    • Choose sheet size, which can be a standard sheet size or a remnant
    • The system will automatically nest your parts
    • Save the nested file as an ORD and send to the machine, FlowCut does the rest
  • Efficiency Gains

    Advanced batch processing allows input of several large nesting jobs and lets the computer develop nests on its own. FlowNest® avoids previously cut parts – users can set the tool path to minimize the danger of cutting head collision with a previously cut part that has tipped slightly upward off the worktable.

  • Optimize Your Process

    Optimized cut paths improved method of selecting the order in which parts are cut reducing extraneous long rapid moves and cutting cycle time. Common line cutting aligns parts side by side to create a common cutting line in order to save you cutting time and improve productivity.

  • Software Features & Requirements

    • User-friendly, icon-based menu structure
    • Imports industry standard 2D and 3D CAD formats including: DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, ACIS, AMF, IDF, OBJ, Rhino, SketchUp, STL and Bitmaps: Additional formats are also supported
    • Supported LanguagesEnglish, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean
    • Operating SystemsMicrosoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7
    • CPUPentium 4 2.0 GHZ or Athlon 2000+ or faster; 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
    • RAMMinimum: 512MB RAM (32-bit), 1Gb RAM (64-bit)

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