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SigmaNEST PowerPack™
SigmaNEST PowerPack is the most comprehensive package offering the ultimate in
advanced nesting and advanced motion-optimized NC programming to minimize scrap
and increase machine productivity. SigmaNEST PowerPack gives users the ability to track jobs
and remnants to help streamline production. SigmaNEST PowerPack is ideal for all profile cutting
machines, including laser, plasma, oxygas, waterjet, router and combination machines.

FEATURES ADVANTAGES BENEFITS

●●Multiple advanced nesting algorithms to
choose from for maximum material yield
●●Automatic part pattern recognition
●●Accurate cost and time estimation
●●Adaptive nesting for multi-head
machines
●●Drag, drop, and bump features in manual
nesting
●●Strategic programming with tip-up crash
avoidance
●●Bridge, chain, and common-line cutting
●●Track remnants and material stock
through a single interface
●●Automatic batch processing of Bill of
Materials
●●Pierce reduction and pre-piercing
●●One software to program all major profile ●●Save engineering time through
cutting and punching machines simplified programming and more
●●Maximum flexibility in file conversion and efficient machine output
importation ●●Reduce or eliminate scrap
●●Automates challenging nesting and ●●Handle more orders in less time
cutting tasks ●●Extend life of machine consumables
●●Higher levels of continuous cutting with ●●Improved control of inventory
minimal pierces
●●Simplify work order tracking from
●●Effectively manage raw material inven- beginning to end
tory for maximum consumption of
remnants
●●Completely customizable through
SigmaNEST’s open architecture
●●Streamline planning with accurate time
and cost estimates before cutting

Technical Specifications
●●Runs inside Windows 7, Windows XP
or Vista® operating systems
●●Import standard industry file formats
such as CDL, AutoCAD DXF, DSTV,
DWG, HPGL, and IGES
●●ESSI, G and M codes can be
user-configured
●●Post processors for multiple machine
brands
●●Standard and customizable report
generation system

Remnant cropping on a
true shape nest.

Nested on remnant from stock

Geometry/Importing
●●Integrated 2D CAD drawing package:
• Create polylines, lines, arcs, circles,
fillets, chamfers, notches, bevels,
layers, text, notes, and dimensions
• Duplicate, move, scale, mirror, rotate,
or array copy geometry
• Trim, break, extend, auto-segment
large arcs, and snap-to arcs as well as
circle quadrants
• Validate the file, filter geometry, and
change weld gap before creating a
part
• Definable reference point and
default part rotation or default to
minimum rectangle rotation
●●Import part or assembly file from
SolidWorks, AutoDesk, Siemens NX and
more
●●Import ESSI language and existing
G-code programs
●●Save workspaces and extract parts from
nest
●●Map layers to processes (for marking and
cutting) or quality settings
●●Create multiple parts from a single file
Part Creation Management
●●Choose from more than 190
customizable shapes that can be saved
to an integrated database with user-
defined fields
●●Lead-in/-outs automatically applied
according to material or process type
●●Enable automatic internal/external
contour recognition and error correction
during part creation
●●Calculate kerf in computer or in control
Advanced true shape nest
Estimating Part-Cost and Time
●●Automatically calculate part area, cut
length, and pierce numbers
●●Calculate part costs with an integrated
costing model featuring user-defined Level 2 Nesting
parameters for machine recovery rate,
operator costs, and other overhead and ●●Define non-rectangular raw material
consumable materials from geometry
●●Calculate processing time based on the ●●Use True Shape nesting on non-
nominal feed rate, material type and rectangular sheets and remnant material
thickness, machine acceleration, part ●●Automatically crop plates to save
quality specs, rapid traverse, and head remnant
up/down movement on piercings ●●Nest for multi-head machines on non-
rectangular sheets
Manual Nesting
●●Drag and drop parts onto single and Advanced Automatic Nesting
multiple sheets ●●Advanced true shape nesting offers an
●●Maintain part clearance with easy bump interactive solver with:
mode (including around lead-in)
●●Redefine and position lead-in/-out
• Pattern recognition
• Automatic part clustering
●●Automatically update all similar parts • Learning technology
when changing geometry
• Specialized algorithms for multi-
●●Edit a nest after it has been automatically torch cutting
created
• Nesting for common-line cutting
• Nesting on multiple, side-by-side
Automatic Nesting sheets
• Stack nesting
●●Automatically nest multi-torch
• Double-sided nesting
rectangular and true shape with an
algorithm that adjusts optimal torch
distance from sheet to sheet
●●Automatically nest pre-nested clusters
and parts within parts
●●Nest for pre-pierce, corner loops, and
bevels
●●Supports static nesting
●●Small part nest clearance
NC Programming
●●Automatically set part cutting sequence
from the user-defined start point with
manual override option
●●Sequence options for minimum
movement, reducing heat distortion,
skip cutting, and block cutting while
preserving internal part sequence
●●Clear NC for current or all nests, and from
individual parts in a nest
●●Set for sequential or simultaneous multi-
torch line cropping
Inventory Control
●●Integrated stock and remnant material
database
●●Browse remnant database and select
remnants according to graphical repre-
sentation, size, thickness, or material type
●●Event-based inventory consumption
tracking
●●Graphical plate history and traceability,
including sheet number, dimensions,
material grade, heat number, etc.

Advanced NC Programming ●●Inventory status and cost reporting

●●Import/export capabilities – new plates
●●Set for automatic common-line cutting received or sold, and material consumed
scenarios such as “two parts, one pierce,” ●●File links- manage material specification
“automatic slitting cuts,” and “cut rapid sheets
cut”
●●Cutt a complete nest with a single pierce
using chain, bridge or iPierce cutting Post Processing
●●Avoid passing over previously cut parts
●●Creates industry standard G and M codes
with tip-up part crash avoidance
●●OEM-specified technology tables for
●●Pre-pierce all start points before cutting
standard material thickness and grade
●●Vaporize coating
●●Uses OEM cut features on controller
●●Apply no-edge NC
●●Manage feed rate for pierce zone
compensation and enhanced part
quality detail
●●Create part groups and/or inspections
parts
●●Automatic sheet/plate cropping, follows
part contour
●●Automatic tabbing
●●Scrap cut skeleton
●●iPierce®
●●Drill parameters

Job Tracking and Scheduling

●●Automated nesting task set up
●●Integrated order database
●●Combine work orders for scrap reduction
●●Automatic part quantity tracking
●●Part production scheduling
●●Work order status reporting
●●Work order graph view
Sheets in inventory
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Nest with the Best

CONTACT
sales@sigmanest.com
513.674.0005
www.sigmanest.com
SigmaNEST and “Nest with the Best” are registered trademarks, and PowerPack is a trademark of SigmaTEK Systems, LLC.
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