Jetcam releases JOC 4 nesting software update

Manufacturing and nesting software provider Jetcam International s.a.r.l. (Monaco, Spain) releases the Jetcam Orders Controller (JOC) 4 update to the automation front-end of Jetcam Expert’s nesting software. The range of CAD/CAM software serves the sheet metal and aerospace/automotive composite cutting industries.

JOC 4 has a completely rewritten nest batch information export dialog, enabling users to easily extract any information on nests, material, stock and orders for import into other data systems such as ERP. Users can select multiple nests, and choose the data type and fields to export, with a CSV file immediately available.

JOC 4 now also supports Jetcam Expert Lite and Expert 1, widening the range of nesting systems that can take advantage of its ordering and nest viewing capabilities.

Useful for users exporting data from CAD/bending software with different material information, the new material translations functionality allows mapping of external material names to Jetcam material types — this is especially useful for customers cutting the same material with different gasses. It ensures that customers can correctly map material information as parts are imported, and also ensures that the correct material data is displayed in subsequent exported data.

The software’s CAD Splitter, used for splitting DXF nests down into individual DXF files, has also been updated to enable a processor to be run after splitting. This can be useful for users wishing to extract additional information from text found within each DXF, such as material, thickness, rotations allowed and so on, which can then be used during the CAD import process as normal.

Jetcam notes that many other areas of the software have benefited from incremental updates. For example, JOC now supports soft licensing, with one-click updating of maintenance expiry online. Other changes include additional configuration options for Jetcam’s Ultra Performance Nesting option, enhanced data exchange with other systems during CAD import, an upgraded “Copy/Mirror” function of complete assemblies, improvements in Progressive Nesting, updates on the Orders search function and new remote control processing overrides and functions.

JOC 4 is available for immediate download free of charge for all existing customers with a current maintenance contract.