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Tube bending software
2020 Software Solutions Inc, a
worldwide provider of tube bending
software, has announced the debut
of a new program called TS Engineer.
TS Engineer allows its user to take an
XYZ or LRA document and convert it to
YBC, LRA or XYZ data. In addition, part
designs can be imported from major
CAD systems via STEP (.stp/.step) or
IGES (.igs/.iges) files.
“When developing the TS series we
focused on three major points: easy-
to-use graphical interface, product
bundling for consumer needs and price
points, and easy language adaptation,”
said Cris Merry, president and manager
of software development. “We have
been working on this new series for
several years and feel it will be a very
nice fit for our commercial customers
and dealers.
“Developing and supporting the tube
and pipe bending industries is nothing
new to us; our company has extensive
experience in calculating pipe and tube
layouts with our Bend-Tech Software
series and its 15,000 plus customers.”
The TS Engineer software consists of
the TS-Core and several designers and
plug-ins.
TS-Core is the backbone of the
TS features, libraries, settings and
calculations.
In addition, TS-Core adapts the TS
Designers and Plug-ins in the product
grouping and has open slots for more
TS designers and plug-ins in the future.
The most prevalent designers and
plug-In with TS Engineer
would be the XYZ
Designer, LRA Designer,
and the Import (STEP &
IGES) Plug-In.
Each of these designers
work with the TS-Core to
calculate manufacturing
data: cut length, bend
locations, bend angles,
spring back angles,
rotations between bends,
straight tube lengths,
bend lengths, weight,
and LRA,YBC and XYZ
values.
2020 Software Solutions Inc, based
in Lindstrom, USA, is a software
company for the tube and pipe industry
founded in 2001. It serves a global
customer base with tube and pipe
bending software.
2020 Software Solutions Inc – USA
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