VMA - Software for Part Nesting


Ship production is dominated by steel as a construction material. On the yachts and boats side composite materials seem leading today but there are also important percent of production still based on aluminum, steel and plywood. So in both areas, ships and yachts / boats, nesting software are required to benefit from CAD technologies. Thus the hull and superstructure parts can be cut on the computer controlled cutters with lower labor costs and material wastage while getting faster and more precise construction. *some of the ship structural detailing software has also the nesting capability!
listed in alphabetical order!

Corte Certo	Corte Certo - optimizer that generates editable cut plans as well as labels, reports and stock control.s

Most2D	MOST 2D is primarily meant for metal fabricators cutting MS or SS plates using CNC gas, plasma or laser cutting machines. MOST 2D automatically generates the toolpath as well as the cutting sequence for all the contours in a nested layout, including the powder marking profiles and provides built-in support for generating the cutting codes for most of the popular CNC controllers viz. Burny-5, Koike, Lynx, Pilot, Zinser, etc. Besides, the software also calculates the consumption of various cutting agents (like oxygen & acetylene for gas cutting machines) and the resulting cost for the same.

Optimizer for Anyshape	Optimizer for Anyshape is a Professional Profile Nesting Software Package to maximize the use of material by generating most optimized nested layouts. It is the most powerful true profile nesting software for Gas/Plasma/Oxyfuel/Laser cutting that will automatically optimize the placement of parts / profiles, on rectangular or non-rectangular sheets / plates of any raw material, including sheet metal, fabrics, leather, wood, etc. in order to minimize material wastage.

Plus 2D	PLUS 2D is a nesting software for generating optimized layouts and reducing scrap generated by 2 Dimensional Rectangular cutting (Guillotine cutting or shearing) processes. It finds application in varied industries such as Glass, Sheet Metal fabrication, Woodwork, Building panel, Carpet, PCB, acrylics etc. Once you define your cutting job, the software requires just one mouse click to arrange all your parts on appropriate stocks, within minutes.

Pronest	MTC develops and markets a full line of software for 2-axis shape cutting equipment. Typical applications involve Plasma, Fuel-gas, Laser, Waterjet, and Router cutting. As an independent manufacturer of CNC shape cutting software, MTC maintains a good working relationship with the major manufacturers of CNC shape cutting equipment. MTC supports a wide variety of modern CNC shape cutting controls.

Sigmanest	The first SigmaNEST software package was installed in 1992. Since its formation, the company has experienced steady growth. SigmaTEK was able to finance significant R & D investment out of its own resources and venture capital.

Structural Material Manager	This software system is designed to help steel fabricators, suppliers, and detailers to manage structural steel lists. It reduces the man-hours required to process the lists by requiring the operator only to enter the material items and then automatically doing the following: Weighs all steel, stainless and aluminum items. Provides a total material cost for the job. Tallies the shop and field labor hours. Supplies bolt counts for each size bolt. Provides item counts for each material type...