Automatic nesting library for the cutting of flat materials

With 30 years of experience as the specialist of complex-shape automatic nesting for the cutting of flat materials, Alma is one of the leaders on the CAD/CAM sheet-metal working market. PowerNest, a powerful and comprehensive library for automatic nesting aimed at developing optimization applications for 2D nesting or CAM cutting, benefits from Alma's unique expertise.

PowerNest allows the automatic nesting of irregular but also rectangular shapes. The library is adapted to all flat-cutting technologies and is used in many technical fields , for any type of material: sheet-metal working, textile, packaging industry, shipbuilding, panel cutting, plastic cutting…

PowerNest naturally proposes nesting in fully-automatic mode but also perfectly integrates to interactive software. A nesting started in manual mode can be completed in automatic mode. It is also possible to nest part by part in automatic mode... PowerNest takes into account many nesting constraints and allows the creation of multiple nesting strategies thanks to its “user preferences”. And with its very high calculation speed, PowerNest guarantees the best performance levels.

Available for all Windows® platforms, PowerNest is easily incorporated into any application software thanks to C or C++ calls. For the users to optimally operate PowerNest, Alma proposes a “package” that includes the development license and the relevant documentation, an initial 2-day training together with a follow-up service (support, maintenance and product update) for a long-term follow-up and collaboration.