The new user interface aims to reduce mouse movements for everyday tasks, and there are new controls for file management and tabular data views.
Its optional nesting module now takes advantage of multi-threading, in which the software draws on multiple computer cores, to determine the most efficient arrangement of parts on a sheet. The automatic sheet processing system, available for expert premium users, allows for completely automatic skeleton destruction, unloading of parts and common punching or shearing processes.
General manager Martin Bailey says: "v18 is as major a step for us as going from DOS to Windows back in the 1990s. Automatic sheet processing and the new user interface alone will make significant improvements to a user's day-to-day experience, but with literally hundreds of changes across the board, we believe that this release will deliver substantial benefits to every user."
