The advanced CAD/CAM nesting software ProNest 2017 for automated cutting by Hypertherm has been updated with major nesting improvements, delivering increased material savings and boosting productivity, lower operating cost and improved part quality. Manual nesting improvements include drag array, anchor part to cursor and automatic bumping functionality, allowing greater control and faster operations.
Color by part property function fills parts with different colors, based on designated attributes, making it easier to locate parts. The drill machine interface for plasma or oxyfuel machines that incorporate drilling, tapping and other spindle operations has been redesigned to seamlessly tackle jobs directly in ProNest, and the native 64-bit support allows for extra accessible memory available on a 64-bit CPU/Operating System. In addition with the launch of the major version release, also Hypertherm’s nesting software family is also having changes, so that TurboNest becomes ProNest LT, and the software for cutting in job shop environments, formerly NetMaster, is now ProNest LTS. Further infos at www.hypertherm.com/CAM.