AutoPOL

The CAD CAM solution for off-line design of programs for numerically controlled bending machines

The AutoPOL solution allows the design of sheet metal parts in an extremely flexible and fast way. The system includes an integrated 3D interactive design module that allows the production of folded sheet metal objects of complex shape in an extremely easy way. AutoPOL allows you to import solids already designed with other products through the STEP, SAT and IGES formats. The designed or imported objects can be developed and saved in DXF for later use with CAM software for punching and / or laser cutting.
It is also possible to import 2D from DXF format of an already developed object and then proceed to its transformation in 3D simply by clicking on the fold lines. The heart of the system is the determination of the optimal bending sequence according to the tool magazine and the fractioning available. The system is able to perform an accurate bending simulation and therefore check possible collisions of the piece with the machine

The software product for the complete automation of bending process

parametric solid modeling

Everything that is drawn is completely parametric and it is possible to change its dimensions simply by selecting the quotes. You can save the most used profiles in custom libraries to be able to use them quickly without having to redraw them each time.

Saving views in DXF

The development view is exported in DXF format - with the possibility to choose whether to show the bending data, the bending lines, the texts - usable therefore by the CAM cutting and or punching programs. The 3D models, whether they are made with the integrated modeler or imported from other CAD software, both as solids and surfaces, are developed by generating flat parts in a simple and effective way, using all the information necessary for a correct calculation of sheet recede

Import-Export

It is possible to import solid models from the most common formats (STEP, IGES, SAT) and develop them automatically. You can import DXF files with the development view, and transform this two-dimensional view into a solid, simply by identifying the contour lines and bending lines.

Bending sequence

The optimal bending sequence is calculated automatically, as is the tooling to be used depending on the tool depot and the available sections . In any case, the user has the possibility to set in at any time to change the type of tool, the position of the fingers, position of piece or tool, bending sequence and any other parameter related to each bend. The system is able to perform an accurate bending simulation and verify

NC and PDF

The machine tool set-up and the optimal sequence with all the bending phases are saved in a PDF production document that can be made available to the operator, the compatible NC file is generated for the most common numerical controls (including: Esa , Delem, Cybelec and others) with the possibility of 3D representation of the bending sequence directly on the CNC itself.

Machine tool setup and configuration

The configuration of the tools allows to have the correspondence between the depot and the tools that are physically available; it is also possible to import and add to the depot the drawings of the tools with customized shapes and dimensions. It is however always possible to import the drawings of the tools by downloading the tool dxf directly from the manufacturers' catalogs.

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