SMP/IS combines the flexibility of a CAD system and the power of a manufacturing system in one easy-to-use package.  Transfer part geometry from your current CAD package into SMP/IS to create a 3D formed part model.  Once the formed part model is created, the flat pattern layout is calculated within seconds and automatically dimensioned, with a hole chart displayed.

SMP/IS can read in several languages including:  IGES, DXF and MI.  After the 2D CAD file is read in, you can display any or all of the part's layers and separate them using the preprocessor.

SMP/IS allows up to sixteen different views of a single part.  For those engineers who design directly in the flat layout, the geometry can be viewed simultaneously in the orthographic and the flat views.  You can select hole locations, descriptions, sizes and angles individually with just one cursor pick or polygon-select several holes at once.  The 2D CAD geometry can be with or without thickness.  You can even handle those tedious, compound bend angles automatically.

Even if your 2D geometry is incorrect, it can be easily adjusted.  Feature locations can be pulled out of several different views simultaneously to assist you in working with flanges that are not true to any view.