Resources for the sheet metal industry.

Standardized 3D file format (ISO 10303) for exchanging product data. Glintify uses STEP as its primary input format.

Older standard for 3D data exchange. Supported for backward compatibility.

Triangle-based file format for 3D printing and visualization. Less suited for manufacturing analysis.

2D drawing format from AutoCAD. Often used for nesting and cutting machines.

Design for Manufacturing, a set of rules that checks whether a part is manufacturable with given equipment.

Unfolding of a bent part into 2D sheet metal, necessary for laser cutting and nesting.

German standard for calculating the K-factor in sheet metal bending. Glintify follows it to calculate flat pattern.

Position of the neutral fiber in the material during bending, expressed as a fraction of thickness. Determines flat pattern unfolding.

The laser's first penetration of the sheet. Every pierce costs time and affects the quote.

Optimized placement of parts on a raw sheet to minimize scrap. Automated in modern CAM systems.

Plastic deformation of sheet metal along a line with a given angle and radius. The press brake is the standard machine.

Joining two metal parts by melting. LAP, CORNER and BUTT are standard types.

Request for Quotation, a quote request from a customer. Glintify AI can interpret RFQ emails automatically.

Configure, Price, Quote, a system for configuring products, setting prices and generating quotes.

Computer-Aided Design, software for creating 3D models and 2D drawings.

Computer-Aided Manufacturing, software that generates machine code from CAD models.

Enterprise Resource Planning, a business system that manages orders, inventory, finance and production.

Bill of Materials, a structured list of all parts and materials in a product.

Automatic Adaptive Grinding bend-graph, a graph showing deviations in bend angle after springback.

The width of material removed during cutting, affects precision and fit.

Cutting process that uses an ionized gas (plasma) to cut conductive materials, mainly steel.

Cutting process that uses an amplified beam of light (fiber or CO₂) to melt or vaporize material.

Cutting process that uses a high-pressure water jet with abrasive to cut virtually any material without heat effect.

Cutting process for thick carbon steel plate where an oxy-fuel flame preheats the material and oxygen burns away molten steel.

Mechanical process where a tool (punch) presses through the sheet to create holes or notches.

Process where a press tool plastically forms the sheet, common for deep drawing, form pressing and embossing.

Surface treatment where electrostatically charged powder paint is sprayed onto the part and cured in an oven.

Joining several parts into a finished product, using screw joints, press fit, bonding or welding.