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CMS
Component Management Software
 2D/3D Stand alone graphical DSTV-CNC (nc1) file Creator, Viewer, Editor, and Manager- Converts DXF files to DSTV files
- Works as a plug-in add on to AutoCAD
- Works as a plug-in add on to Autodesk Inventor
- Works as a plug-in add on to Solidworks
- Reads MBS output and converts it to DSTV
Component Management Software, or CMS, is a CADCAM software application dedicated to the production and manipulation of DSTV CNC file output format. The DSTV NC file format is a German public file format developed specifically for the purpose of communication between design software and CNC Machines typically used in the fabrication of structural steel. The DSTV File format has become the North American as well as international standard for communicating with Beam lines, drill lines, coping machines as well as angle lines. It is also used by a variety of plate cutting tables and plasma machines
It is important to note that all DSTV files are not created equal. Different detailing software providers such as Tekla, AceCad, Design Data etc each produce a slightly different variation of the DSTV NC file. Furthermore, different CNC Machine vendors also have different interpretations of how the DSTV file should be written and organized. This requires many fabricators to spend considerable time cleaning up the DSTV files produced by detailers so that their CNC machines can read them properly. To that end CMS allows the user to either batch process and adjust DSTV files created by any steel detailing software to suit the requirement of the CNC machine used or to create DSTV files that are specifically compatible with the CNC machine used
CNC machines such as Peddinghaus, Controlled Automation, Ocean Machines, Ficep, Burlington Automation as well as others all currently have pre-processors that read the DSTV file format.
For a full list of
DSTV blocks supported with CMS Standard
Click on the link above
Some of CMS features include
- Easy to use, 3D graphical interface that allows users to manipulate steel components in any combination of views
- Works in Metric as well as imperial units.
- Ability to both read and create DSTV files. Files are created dynamically, allowing users to see the file develop "on the fly" as the steel member is manipulated.
- CMS can read DSTV files as well as create them.
- CMS creates DSTV files dynamically. The user can see the file develop on the fly as the steel member is being manipulated.
- CMS also produces DXF files including layered DXF files. This makes it a very convenient tool for converting DSTV files to layered DXF format.
- CMS converts DXF files of plates to DSTV.
- Flexible tools for drilling allowing the user to create templates of commonly used hole and slot arrangements.
- Flexible tools for inside contour and outside contour cut creations including tools allowing the user to create templates of common cuts.
- Flexible tools for creating and editng weld preparation
- Built in querying tool allows user to sort DSTV files for any combination of steel parts and operations
- On screen measuring and dimensioning tools.
- Can convert DSTV files to DXF
- For Autodesk Inventor and Solidworks: users can instantly produce DSTV files for structural shapes present in either Inventor or Solidworks
CMS can also be used as a front end tool by detailers requiring both the use of Autocad as a primary detailing tool as well as the production of DSTV files. The user can define the steel part in CMS, produce the required DSTV file as well as a DXF drawing file which is then used by the detailer to dimension and print out.
Click on the following link to view Examples of CMS Editing Capabilities
Click on the following link to view CMS for AutoCAD
Click on the following link to view CMS for AutoDesk Inventor
Click on the following link to view CMS for Solidworks ®
Click on the following link to view CMS for MBS ®
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