Forming Technologies Inc., (FT I) Oakville, Ontario, Canada, announced at the recently held COE 2007 Automotive Industry Workshop in Dearborn, Ml, the global release of Catia ProgNest R18 CAA V5. ProgNest is the only tool in Catia for nesting sheetmetal blanks on progressive-die strips. ProgNest produces as many as nine progressive-die configurations, and calculates accurate cost evaluations based on nesting layout, carrier location and dimension. All results are stored in the standard CatPart file for ease of use of PLM integration.
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