Nesting software

[mrpeja]

Hello experienced people,
I need some usefull and not so expensive nesting software for plasma and oxy fuel cutting CNC machine.
Need suggestions.
Mrpeja

[millman52]

Hello experienced people,
I need some usefull and not so expensive nesting software for plasma and oxy fuel cutting CNC machine.
Need suggestions.
Mrpeja

Nesting software that actually works well isn't cheap.

The most cost effective way to nest parts manually is with SheetCam.
At just a glance & without actually learning to use it. Sheetcam doesn't look all that great. It is however, for the cost, just about the best thing out there for aiding in nesting of parts.

Once you learn to use it & it's features, it's pretty amazing how quickly you can nest a 4' X 8' sheet of parts.

[Kerfit]

Hi Mrpeja,
Personally I always recommend nesting from MTC Software. www.mtc-software.com
Seems like TurboNest might be what you need.
Good Luck
Kerfit

[BallisticFab]

We have 14K into pronest form MTC, but we used to get away with using bobnest for $300 for over 3 years. Bobnest 3.0 is coming out (or has come out) and looks to be quite powerful for the cost.

[millman52]

We have 14K into pronest form MTC, but we used to get away with using bobnest for $300 for over 3 years. Bobnest 3.0 is coming out (or has come out) and looks to be quite powerful for the cost.

I wasn't going to add my 2 cents about BCC & BobNest. It might be ok for the money. But it sure isn't all the sales staff would lead you to believe. I have them & still prefer to use Sheetcam.

I've posed a few questions to the BCC tech staff without a single resolution.
Their sales staff is relentless. They will not stop calling, even after being told plainly not to call.