Striker Systems: STRIKER CAD/CAM

Striker Systems is a world leader in the development of sheet metal CAD/CAM and nesting software. Since its founding in 1985, Striker Systems has been devoted to the advancement of software technology for the sheet metal fabrication industry.

The Striker Systems family of products includes Automated Nesting for punching, cutting, and shearing (right angle and guillotine) operations, as well as comprehensive CNC programming for sheet metal punching, cutting, combination, and shearing machine tools.

Striker Systems offers numerous SolidWorks interface options, including its unique PARTshare add-in to SolidWorks that provides a shared library system for nesting and CNC programming.

Striker Systems, a world leader in the sheet metal forming and fabrication software industry, is pleased to introduce Fab Professional for SolidWorks. Never before has it been this easy to manufacture sheet metal parts from SolidWorks. Fab Professional includes the following features for the sheet metal manufacturer:

Part Nesting

Either for the job shop environment or for the production manufacturer, Fab Professional offers complete part nesting capability to reduce scrap, decrease run times and increase the throughput of your machines. Nest jobs can be interactively defined or automatically created via the Fab Professional MRP interface.

Automatic CNC Programming

Whether your programming a turret punch press, laser, plasma, water jet, oxy-fuel, or a combination machine, Fab Professional will automatically generate NC programs to drive your CNC equipment. This includes automatic selection and placement of tools, automatic creation of proper lead-in / lead-out information, automatic handling of laser conditioning, kerf values, etc.

Runtime Optimization

To optimize your CNC machine runtime, Fab Professional analyzes the part layout to determine the optimal tool order and tool path.

Advanced Report Generator

Fab Professional generates a production package including reports for machine and tool setup, runtimes, and nest reports including parts per sheet and material utilization. Reports can be printed or accessed on line.

Striker Systems also offers many other manufacturing solutions for the precision sheet metal fabricator including SS-ProfitFab shop floor management software and SS-LaserINSPEC, a laser based first article inspection system for sheet metal parts.