Key interface between the design and manufacturing of sheet-metal parts, the act/unfold software offers a comprehensive associative 3D/2D working environment to import CAD models, design unitary sheet-metal parts, unfold 3D parts and export the obtained flat patterns to any CAM folding, cutting and punching software.

act/unfold enables you to import the 3D volume models of parts designed with CAD sheet-metal software in order to unfold them, while giving you the possibility of intervening beforehand on the part model and make it ready to manufacture: bend allowances according to the press brake used, choice of the face overlapping mode, notch management, modification of thicknesses or bending radii, etc...

Thus act/unfold is a precious tool for sheet-metal subcontractors as it combines "craft" expertise (the 3D models provided by the prime manufacturers can seldom be manufactured without any modification) and opportunities (the software retrieves 3D models from nearly any CAD software via neutral interfaces or native formats).

Moreover, act/unfold is very efficient to quickly design unitary sheet-metal parts: it is a productivity tool that all Methods and Sheet-Metal Preparation departments will use.