Folding

Fold drawings, flat patterns and folding times, without a CAD seat

Turn a STEP file or a few numbers into a cut-ready flat pattern and a fold sheet the press-brake operator can work from. Then time every fold on the shop floor.

STEP to flat pattern

Upload the 3D model, get the flat

Folded sheet-metal parts unfold using your K-factor. You get a DXF ready to nest and a full drawing with top, front, side, isometric and flat views.

  • Several bodies in one STEP file, each unfolded
  • Thick flat plates come straight through as a profile
  • Small flanges get outside arrows and leader labels so every size is readable
  • Send the DXFs straight into a quote, thickness and quantity filled in
Generated drawing of a folded winch bracket with orthographic, isometric and dimensioned flat-pattern views
Generated from a STEP file · 6 mm winch bracket, two 90° bends
Fold sheets

Everything the press brake needs on one page

Every folded part gets a fold sheet: the flat pattern with numbered bend lines, the folded views, the bend table and the fold profile, with an isometric view to show what it should look like.

  • Bend table with angle, direction, inside radius and allowance
  • UP and DOWN marked on every bend line
  • Folded overall size shown on the sheet
  • PDF and DXF downloads from the same screen
Fold sheet for a 2 mm channel showing the flat pattern with bend lines, folded views, bend table, fold profile and isometric view
Fold sheet · flat pattern, bend table, fold profile and 3D view on one page
Profile designer

Draw a folded profile from numbers

No model? Enter leg lengths, angles and directions and get the flat pattern and fold drawing for channels, angles, cappings and flashings.

Legs & anglesType the profile as you would read it off a sketch
Inside or outside sizesChoose how the legs are measured
Machine & toolsKeep your press brakes, punches and dies on file
Instant outputFlat DXF and fold drawing PDF
Folding on the floor

Time every job at the press brake

Operators open the folding queue on a tablet, pick the order, see the drawings and notes, and start, pause and finish the job. The time goes back to the order.

Folding queueEvery order with parts waiting to be folded
Drawings at the machineOpen fold sheets and customer drawings on the tablet
Start, pause, completeFolding time recorded against each order
Folding reportHours per order for costing and quoting the next one
Book a demo

See it running on your own parts

Send a few CAD or STEP files from a recent job. We will nest and price them in the system and walk you through the result.

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