Easier bending production with
BendingStudio 3.0
AICON 3D Systems launches a new version
of the software platform BendingStudio.
BendingStudio 3.0 offers many new features,
which facilitate daily work in bending
production. The software platform connects
all data and processes around production of
bended parts: from production and process
planning to manufacturing and quality control.
It is the only tool to meet and combine these
requirements with emphasis on metrological
processes.
Even newcomers can handle this new function: The
wizard guides the user through the process step
by step. The set-up of new parts is integrated into
the application “part editor”. This new arrangement
optimizes measurement and analysis.
Besides the structural novelties, BendingStudio
3.0 offers extended measurement options.
The connected measuring device, like AICON’s
TubeInspect or MoveInspect, provides the
measurement data, and BendingStudio carries
out the analysis of the measured pipe. A wizard
guides the user through the single steps of the
bending point model. Usually, the analysis is
automated. However, the user can step in when
needed. Manual intervention is more transparent
and graphically supported. In Reverse Engineering,
different bending radii can easily be taken account
of.
With the revised control concept, AICON reacts
to customer requirements. The software is even
clearer structured and easier to handle. The setup of inspection plans is separated from the
measurements. The big advantage: The user sees
only the information relevant for his task.
The new CAD-WIZARD enables the user to create
bending elements for a bending machine from
a component’s CAD data in IGES or STEP. Even
complex data files can now be processed, and
bending data are easily and reliably extracted.
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Furthermore, BendingStudio offers new options
especially for very long and complex pipes with
many bending points (e.g. long brake pipes).
They can be measured with TubeInspect by
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