e are very confident that in the Factory of the Future all devices will talk to one another. MT Connect has already
shown us the way. For individual machine tool builders, the way to that future is being traveled increasingly with more power- ful, highly automated machines driven by powerful software. At Fabtech, Bob St. Aubin, president, Bystronic Inc. (Elgin, IL), said that BySoft 7, the company’s new robust CAD/CAM software package that supports both 2-D and 3-D CAD is “a completely new generation of design and manufacturing software with a wide range of new functions that offer a host of possibilities.”
BySprint Fiber 3015 laser-cutting system can process sheetmetal in the thickness range previously reserved for CO2
laser-cutting systems.
BySoft 7 incorporates the latest version of SolidWorks, one of the industry’s most popular and respected 2-D and 3-D CAD packages. Users can quickly and easily design custom parts and input existing drawings and models for editing and processing. On the CAM side, BySoft 7 gives operators the ability to choose either spread or compressed nesting, the former for improved process reliability, the latter for increased parts yield per sheet and minimized waste material. Within the