An update to Hypertherm’s ProNest CAD/CAM software is now available to make it easier for engineers fabricating or cutting metal to boost productivity and the quality of cuts in shipbuilding, manufacturing, automotive, and other applications.
The update is free to customers with a current ProNest subscription; simply login to the Knowledge Base at hyperthermcam.com and download it.
• A scribe-text function lets designers add varied information to parts such as a heat number or customer ID. Plus designers can pick the font they want for marking parts.
• Tab enhancements for laser cutting that let designers use tab leadouts, size limits on tabbed profiles, and undertravel locks on start point “tab” leads.
The software also includes a module called Custom Remnants, which lets users enter dimensions of an irregular plate or remnant and then nest the geometry of other parts on that plate. A voluntary customer-experience program collects information about use to identify how ProNest can improve in the future.
Hypertherm also designs and manufactures handheld and mechanized plasma machines and consumables, fiber-laser and water-jet machines, and CNC motion and height controls.
Hypertherm Inc., 21 Great Hollow Rd., Hanover, N. H., (716) 434-3755