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Increased utilization of materials for the sheet metal industry
RADAN is a leading and machine-independent CAD/CAM/MES system designed for the sheet metal industry. The RADAN product family is a completely integrated solution for the design, handling and production of sheet metal parts.
Benefits And Features
An innovative CAM solution for sheet metal fabrication.
Sheet Metal Nesting
RADAN’s advanced true-shape nesting ensures maximum material utilization by intelligently arranging parts within a sheet. This minimizes waste, reduces material costs, and increases profitability while maintaining precision, making production more sustainable and cost-effective for sheet metal fabricators.
CNC Programming
RADAN automates CNC programming for punching, profiling, and bending operations, creating optimized toolpaths for various machines. This reduces setup time, minimizes programming errors, and increases efficiency, allowing manufacturers to streamline production while improving accuracy and repeatability.
Fast & Accurate Quoting
RADAN’s intelligent quoting system generates fast, consistent, and accurate cost estimates using real manufacturing data. It considers material, machine time, and labor, enabling fabricators to create competitive quotes quickly while ensuring profitability and reducing the risk of underpricing.
What's New
Learn about RADAN 2025.1
The latest RADAN release introduces powerful enhancements that streamline operations, improve part traceability, and deliver measurable savings on time and cost. With improved automation, better feedback in error handling, and tighter integration across the suite, RADAN 2025.1 continues to drive productivity in sheet metal fabrication.
Training and Resources
Take advantage of various learning opportunities
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Visit the Download CenterFrequently Asked Questions
A RADAN Embed captures the current drawing/nest, along with the relevant supporting files, standard sheets, tool files, and symbols. RADAN Support can use this to replicate your issue. For details on the information contained in the file and how to create the RADAN Embed, please refer to this article.
The color of the parts can be defined specifically for each machine tool as detailed in this article.
A kit part is a symbol file that contains two or more “individual part” symbol A kit part is a symbol file that contains two or more “individual part” symbol files. Individual parts that can be naturally grouped together, such as all the individual parts required to make an assembly, could be combined into a kit. Note that a kit may contain parts with different materials and thicknesses. Please refer to this article for more information.
Details of how to locate and backup the RADAN and Radbend configuration files can be found here.
RADAN has a utility to convert a raster image into vectors and details can be found here.
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