US Patent Issued to Allied BIM on June 9 for "Utilization of 3D modeling application data for model-to-machine operation of cutting and bending fabrication machines" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,677, issued on June 9, was assigned to Allied BIM Inc. (Bozeman, Mont.).

"Utilization of 3D modeling application data for model-to-machine operation of cutting and bending fabrication machines" was invented by Brian D. Nickel (Meridian, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method facilitating operation of a fabrication machines includes generating, by a fabrication center application (FCA): an enhanced cut list (ECL) usable by a cutting machine control application (CMCA) to direct a cutting machine (CM) to cut a work piece (WP) into less than=2 pieces; an enhanced bend list including x,y,z positional information (PI) for bending les...