1. mars 2005 PANOGEN V5 General presentation PANOGEN Presented by CIMPA

2. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 2 PANOGEN – Description PANOGEN is a set of dedicated tools, intended to assist the different steps of manufacture of sheet metal parts. These tools allow : –To prepare and to program elementary parts from Catia V5 parts –To create the nests and optimize the manufacturing files –To produce the NC code This solution is designed to be used for contour following cutting machines. The following cutting technologies are taken into account : –Laser –Water jet –Ultra sonic and electronic cutter –Milling Environment –Windows NT

3. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 3 PANOGEN –Main features Part programming Input: A sheet metal Catpart document Automatic tasks: Contours recognition Manufacturing operations (drilling, contour profiling, pocketing) Interactive work: Lugs insertion Markings insertion Manufacturing simulation Output: A PANOGEN part file

4. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 4 PANOGEN –Main features Production management Creation of nesting jobs through easy to use GUI User interface compliant with the Microsoft standards: Ergonomic GUI Customisation of the working environment Ability to create and process a schedule of parts of different materials Increase production flexibility Link with an ERP system

5. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 5 PANOGEN –Main features Automatic nesting Optimisation of the nesting to save material Respect of the manufacturing constraints A powerful nesting engine High Speed of Operation True shape nesting Exact distance nesting Multi-part nesting Common edge nesting Preferential hole filling Nesting on rectangular and non-rectangular sheet

6. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 6 PANOGEN –Main features Post-processing Dedicated post-processor to fit the customer requirements Optimisation of the NC code

7. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 7 Roles of tools PAN-SETUP : Administrative tool to adapt the software with the requirements of your cutting machine. PAN-PRG for sheet metal (CATIA v5 workbench) : Catia V5 integrated tool to create easily the manufacturing program of a sheet metal part (creation of PANOGEN part file ) PAN-NCVERIFY : Verification and simulation of PANOGEN part files. PAN-NESTORDER : Production management tool to create nesting jobs. PAN-NESTING (batch) : Automatic nesting optimizer to maximise material utilisation (creation of PANOGEN nest file) PAN-NESTEDIT : Edition and visualisation of PANOGEN nest files PAN-PP : Post-processing (generation of NC files)

8. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 8 CATIA V5 Synoptic PAN-SETUP PAN-PRG PAN-NC VERIFY PAN-NEST ORDER PAN- NESTING PAN-NEST EDIT PAN-PP PANOGEN NEST files (.pan) NC Files PLOT Files PANOGEN PART Files (.pie) FEEDBACK PANOGEN NESTING job (.job) NESTING orders compilation ERP CATParts

9. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 9 Synoptic of the process

10. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 10 Steps Steps of the process 1. Programming PAN-PRG PAN-NC VERIFY 2. Nesting PAN-NEST ORDER PAN-NEST ORDER PAN-NEST EDIT PAN- NESTING 3. Post-treatment PAN-PP

11. © CIMPA Tous droits réservés. Document confidentiel. mars 2005Page 11 Terminology Part file (.pie) File containing all nesting data of a part. This file is generated by the programmer from CATIA V5. Nest file (.pan) File defining a sheet metal plate or a composite roll and the parts nested inside. This file is generated automatically by PAN-NESTING or manually by PAN-NESTEDIT. Code Matière Société (CMS) identification number of the material (sized of sheet steel, ribbon of composite), that will be used as nesting support. Nesting Nesting of parts in a support to optimize the material usage. Train (.train) File defining a suite of supports coming from the same job files and generated by a nesting order. Job files (.job ou.sji) List of orders of a same material to be nested together. The format can vary according to the system of management of workshop used. Order Entity of management defining for a part, a quantity to be produced and its priority. Planning (.pla) File defining several nesting orders of different materials and their associated parameters. Port-Processor (PP) Tool to convert a Nest file to a NC file (ISO file) Rivets for skeleton Rivets to maintain the pile of sheets, inserted into the support around parts / along the support. All files mentioned here are ASCII files