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The role of nesting in production is to automatically generate toolpaths according to the part drawings. On the basis of taking into account the actual production safety and efficiency, the parts are arranged on the tube in the most material-saving way, and the sequence is arranged for each toolpath of the parts, and then sent to the cutting machine for processing, as shown in the following figure:
Draw Parts (Drawing Software) |
Generate Toolpaths (Nesting Software) |
Process (Cutting Software) |
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Tube Cutting Machine | SolidWorks, UG, Tekla | TubesT | TubePro |
Steel Section Machine | SolidWorks, UG, Tekla | TubesT-H | FACut-H |
Notice: You can draw parts directly in TubesT, no need to import files from other software.
For different software, the file formats are various. Below is the detailed introduction.
1.The file formats supported by different software:
File Type | Format | From | File Usage | Notes |
Part Files |
IGS | Drawing software including SolidWorks, UG, etc. | Nesting in TubesT, TubesTLite or Processing in CypTube | Supporting assembling only. |
SAT | Nesting in TubesT, TubesTLite | Supporting assembling, Multi-body in a Single Part. | ||
STP/STEP | Nesting in TubesT | |||
T2T | Tekla together with CypWizard | Nesting in TubesT |
- | |
X2T | ||||
IFC | ||||
NC1 | Tekla | Supported sections: square tubes, angle steel, channel steel, and I beam. | ||
JHB | TubesT Part Drawing | - | ||
JHBS | TubesT Part List | With the graphic techniques and toolpath information for parts | ||
PCD | Spoolfab | - | ||
Nested Files | YXY | TubesT | Allowed to re-edit the nested results in TubesT | - |
Files for processing | ZX | TubesT | Process in TubePro | - |
ZZX | TubePro or TubesTLite | - | ||
ZH | TbesT-H | Process in FACut-H | - | |
ZZH | FACut-H | - | ||
CTD | CypTube or other nesting softwares | Allowed to transform to .zx format via TubesT. | It can be converted to ZX format files via TubesT. | |
CTDS | TubesT | For angle steel, channel steel, I-beam and other sheet/section steel parts, TubesT does not support exporting ctds files. |
*** The file format saved by TubePro is *.zzx
*** Click here to download CypWizard plug-in.
***CypTube supports importing IGS format files; the file format saved by CypTube is *.ctds (version 6.4.940 and after) and *.ctd (previous versions).
Name | Icon | Usage | Instructions |
Save | ![]() |
Save *.yxy files, and modify the parts or re-edit the nested results. | How to save YXY files |
Open | ![]() |
Open *.yxy files, and modify the parts or re-edit the nested results. | |
Import | ![]() |
Import external part files, or draw/generate parts in TubesT. | Import files |
Export | ![]() |
The exported *.zx files are used for direct processing; The exported JHBS files can be imported and edited in TubesT again. |
Bulk Export Files |
Export | ![]() |
Export nested tasks (*.zx files), and process them in TubePro. |
TubePro | CypTube | TubesT | TubesTLite | |
zx | Supported since 7.0.11 | Not supported | Supported since V1.11 | Not supported |
zzx | Supported | Supported before V1.11 | Supported | |
ctd | Not supported | Supported | Supported before V1.17 | Not supported |
ctds | Supported since 6.4.940 | Supported since V1.17 | Supported since V1.17 | |
IGS | Supported | |||
SAT | Not supported | Supported since V1.13 | Supported since V1.17 | |
STEP | Supported since V1.47 | Not supported | ||
t2t | Supported since V1.47 | |||
Ifc | Supported since V1.53 | |||
nc1 | Supported since V1.59 | |||
X2t | Supported since V1.61 | |||
PCD | Supported since 2025V3 |
The role of nesting in production is to automatically generate toolpaths according to the part drawings. On the basis of taking into account the actual production safety and efficiency, the parts are arranged on the tube in the most material-saving way, and the sequence is arranged for each toolpath of the parts, and then sent to the cutting machine for processing, as shown in the following figure:
Draw Parts (Drawing Software) |
Generate Toolpaths (Nesting Software) |
Process (Cutting Software) |
|
Tube Cutting Machine | SolidWorks, UG, Tekla | TubesT | TubePro |
Steel Section Machine | SolidWorks, UG, Tekla | TubesT-H | FACut-H |
Notice: You can draw parts directly in TubesT, no need to import files from other software.
For different software, the file formats are various. Below is the detailed introduction.
1.The file formats supported by different software:
File Type | Format | From | File Usage | Notes |
Part Files |
IGS | Drawing software including SolidWorks, UG, etc. | Nesting in TubesT, TubesTLite or Processing in CypTube | Supporting assembling only. |
SAT | Nesting in TubesT, TubesTLite | Supporting assembling, Multi-body in a Single Part. | ||
STP/STEP | Nesting in TubesT | |||
T2T | Tekla together with CypWizard | Nesting in TubesT |
- | |
X2T | ||||
IFC | ||||
NC1 | Tekla | Supported sections: square tubes, angle steel, channel steel, and I beam. | ||
JHB | TubesT Part Drawing | - | ||
JHBS | TubesT Part List | With the graphic techniques and toolpath information for parts | ||
PCD | Spoolfab | - | ||
Nested Files | YXY | TubesT | Allowed to re-edit the nested results in TubesT | - |
Files for processing | ZX | TubesT | Process in TubePro | - |
ZZX | TubePro or TubesTLite | - | ||
ZH | TbesT-H | Process in FACut-H | - | |
ZZH | FACut-H | - | ||
CTD | CypTube or other nesting softwares | Allowed to transform to .zx format via TubesT. | It can be converted to ZX format files via TubesT. | |
CTDS | TubesT | For angle steel, channel steel, I-beam and other sheet/section steel parts, TubesT does not support exporting ctds files. |
*** The file format saved by TubePro is *.zzx
*** Click here to download CypWizard plug-in.
***CypTube supports importing IGS format files; the file format saved by CypTube is *.ctds (version 6.4.940 and after) and *.ctd (previous versions).
Name | Icon | Usage | Instructions |
Save | ![]() |
Save *.yxy files, and modify the parts or re-edit the nested results. | How to save YXY files |
Open | ![]() |
Open *.yxy files, and modify the parts or re-edit the nested results. | |
Import | ![]() |
Import external part files, or draw/generate parts in TubesT. | Import files |
Export | ![]() |
The exported *.zx files are used for direct processing; The exported JHBS files can be imported and edited in TubesT again. |
Bulk Export Files |
Export | ![]() |
Export nested tasks (*.zx files), and process them in TubePro. |
TubePro | CypTube | TubesT | TubesTLite | |
zx | Supported since 7.0.11 | Not supported | Supported since V1.11 | Not supported |
zzx | Supported | Supported before V1.11 | Supported | |
ctd | Not supported | Supported | Supported before V1.17 | Not supported |
ctds | Supported since 6.4.940 | Supported since V1.17 | Supported since V1.17 | |
IGS | Supported | |||
SAT | Not supported | Supported since V1.13 | Supported since V1.17 | |
STEP | Supported since V1.47 | Not supported | ||
t2t | Supported since V1.47 | |||
Ifc | Supported since V1.53 | |||
nc1 | Supported since V1.59 | |||
X2t | Supported since V1.61 | |||
PCD | Supported since 2025V3 |