make a cnc file in solidworks

I am looking for a add in,
it shoud make a cnc file for
our laser cutter.
today I make a 3d part 'sheet metal'
take it to drawing and make a 2d flatpatten
export dxf
import to a program and there I make a cnc file

It's to much job
Sorry about my english
/Anders C

 

See the Solution Partners portion of the SW website. Check with your VAR.

 

Anders,

I don't think there is an integrated product that will do what you need.

Camworks and SolidCam are the only gold level CAM products, and they don't
have a module for handling the special needs of laser (like auto nesting).
In fact, of the seven certified CAM systems, only Mastercam has a special
module for this work.

You may be able to make one of these work, it's just X,Y code, but you'll
probably spend any time you save doing other things, manual nesting, manual
editing, etc.


Regards

Mark

 

Hvilken laserskærer har du - Amada har pt. en add-in

 

today I make a 3d part 'sheet metal' take it to drawing and make a 2d

Well, aside from doing this daily with Solidworks, I am also
occasionally stuck
doing this from legacy acad stuff... trust me, spending an hour per
part cleaning up crap .DWG files is too much work. At least SWX
geometry is clean.

Secondly, Sheet metal CAM apps are for the most part 2D apps, and may
well run on lower-end boxes. I already tried nesting multiple flat
patterns on "sheets",
and a dozen sheets with 50 or so flat patterns on it will slow any box
down faster than loading an assembly with the same amount of parts in
it.

Thats my guess why I havent seen a plugin to do it, and why I
abandoned my own start at a plugin to do the same...