One nesting software for all your major profile cutting and punching machines.

In This Edition:

• Power of 9 Road Show
• Welcome Joe Keblesh
• Subscription (Maintenance) Renewal Update
• Tech Tip: SigmaNEST Performance and Anti-Virus Software
• Version 9 - Feature Recognition
• SigmaNEST In the News
• Contact Updates

The Power of 9 User Connection Road Show is coming to FIVE U.S. cities in September. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable information about SigmaNEST Version 9!

Join SigmaNEST professionals and get connected with the SigmaNEST user base.

• Learn how you can program your machine more efficiently- choose from over 10 technical breakout sessions led by industry experts
• Network with other SigmaNEST users – Find out how others are using SigmaNEST to save material and increase profitability
• Influence future SigmaNEST development
• Experience and explore the Power of Version 9

With separate sessions geared towards Managers and Programmers, the Power of 9 Road Show will offer beneficial discussions to improve your day to day practices. Learn how to get the most out of your investment from SigmaNEST experts.

Each Full Conference Registration includes:

• Access to all Conference Sessions
• Continental Breakfasts, Lunches and Refreshment Breaks
• Conference Materials

Registration will be open until August 15th. Hurry! Early bird pricing ends Friday July 31! For more information.

Joe Keblesh has joined SigmaTEK Systems as Corporate Accounts Manager for the U.S. He also will handle the regional accounts throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Joe is a 20-plus year veteran of manufacturing operations and software technology, and came to SigmaTEK recently after 11 years at Measurement Masters (PEP). Joe’s email address is joe.keblesh@sigmanest.com.

All subscription (maintenance) renewal dates are being changed to the first of the month to allow for better account management. Along with this change, there is now a grace period until the end of the renewal month so that customers who have an expiration date at the end of the month are not shorted any time.

If you have any questions, please contact Bill Huffman in Customer Retention at billh@sigmanest.com.

Most anti-virus packages have a real-time scanning option that intercepts and scans every file write as it is taking place. Using this scanning option can have a tremendous impact on SigmaNEST's performance - making some operations up to 10 times slower. The effect is most noticeable when shutting down SigmaNEST and when opening and closing some dialog boxes that display information in grids or display configuration information.

One of the following approaches can restore SigmaNEST's performance:

1. If your policy permits it, use periodic scans instead of real-time scans.
2. Exclude the \ProgramData\SigmaTEK folder, the SNData folder and all their sub-folders (particularly the SNData\Posts folder) from the virus scan.

There are no executable files here, so there is no possibility of a virus infecting the system.

3. Exclude files with .ini and .xml extensions from the virus scans. Again, these are plain text files that cannot introduce viruses.

For more information, contact SigmaNEST Technical Support at support@sigmanest.com.

SigmaNEST Version 9 brings an effortless feature for importing models with drilled or formed features. SolidWorks, Inventor, Pro/E models using their hole creation feature can now be imported in SigmaNEST Version 9 with no loss of information. SigmaNEST will automatically assign drill, tap, counter bore, or counter sink properties. For the punching machines, formed features such as louvers, lances, and embosses can now be imported from SolidWorks and mapped to tools in the SigmaNEST tool library.

For more information about SigmaNEST Version 9, contact your Regional Sales Manager, or visit your Version 9 webpage.

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Please let us know of any contact additions or changes (names, email addresses, phone numbers) by emailing them to melissal@sigmanest.com.

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