Adapting CAD/CAM solutions to modern sheet metal requirements

By OEM Update Editorial May 12, 2020 5:12 pm IST

Over the past 10 years, the needs of working professionals in the sheet metal industry have changed dramatically. Traceability, flexibility, and 2D and 3D data processing are the new approach in the sheet metal industry. Consequently, CAD/CAM sheet metal had to adapt to meet these new needs.

New CAD/CAM solutions to be included in this deal
In 2020, offering a simple CAD/CAM sheet metal solution is no longer sufficient. In the world of sheet metal work, CAD/CAM is no longer limited to recovering the project data for industrialisation. Now, professionals not only want to acquire a solution allowing them to design projects to industrialise, but also expect that the solution brings them other benefits. CAD/CAM solutions must adapt to the internal organisation of their company:
• By communicating with the solutions already in place, in particular through a direct link with management (ERP).
• By optimising and making the industrial process more reliable, thanks to more fluidity in the data circuit and the reduction of data entry and re-entry of information.
• By centralising the expertise of the company.

For all these reasons, CAD/CAM has taken a prominent place in various companies over the last 10 years. In this context, a CAD/CAM solution publisher is not just a supplier, but also an honest companion for his customers. He must analyse the organisation and conduct audits whenever required in order to propose deployment of the CAD/CAM solution that is best suited to his customer’s requirements.

Challenges to be met by upright CAD/CAM sheet metal software
The needs of sheet metal working professionals have evolved with time. Good CAD/CAM software must provide answers to each of these new needs: need to exchange and process more and more computer data; need to process not only data in 2D, but also in 3D, to meet market demands; need to have more and more flexibility, both in terms of data processing and in terms of production tools to reduce costs; need for traceability to comply with quality standards; and need to centralise the expertise of the company to compensate for the increasing shortage deficiency of qualified manpower.

TopSolid offers a new approach to CAD/CAM sheet metal work
TopSolid are true partners in your sheet metal and boiler work projects. The team supports you throughout the entire industrialisation process, right from scratch. During any pre-sales commercial process, TopSolid’s teams analyse and audit the companies. In due process, existing software is listed to consider the feasibility of interfacing with TopSolid. Machine programming remains to be the priority, but taking into account the overall need is equally important. The company is committed to adapting perfectly to the existing organisation. Below mentioned are details of the same.

Recovery of external projects
TopSolid’Sheetmetal offers automatic functions for retrieving and processing external projects. 2D file processing (dxf-dwg) with automatic retrieval of part properties (quantity-material-thickness-referencedesignation), and processing of 3D files (step-iges) with automatic conversion to sheet metal part help to automatically obtain the parts unfolded and enable native recovery of unfolded parts designed with
TopSolid.

Centralisation of the parts to be produced
A task manager allows you to centralise the parts to be produced in order to optimise the production launches. It also makes it possible to centralise sheet formats and manage scrap. The task manager can be interfaced with TopSolid’Erp or with an ERP already in place in the company. Reliability, traceability, quality, and productivity are the key words of the task
manager which also allows centralisation of the parts to be produced for optimisation of nesting fall management automatic mode. Design and manufacture your parts with a single all-in-one solution that achieves significant gains in productivity:

•  A unique integrated CAD/CAM solution • An automatic solution that also offers a broad selection of manual functions
•  Centralisation of data to make considerable time savings in the industrialisation of your projects
•  Optimised nesting for lower waste rates
•  Automatic management of waste and material traceability
•  Expert machine post-processors
•  Document management (workshop data sheets, label management).

For more details, visit: www.topsolid.com
Article Courtesy:
Designcell CAD-CAM Solutions Private Limited – TopSolid (India)