Bend Tech EZ and EZ3D Tube Bending Software for the JD2 and Pro Tools Bender

Bend Tech EZ is a tube and pipe design and layout software, using templates for data entry. It is designed to minimize waste in manufacturing and fabrication operations by eliminating off-cuts and errors associated with manual calculations. Bend-Tech EZ is used for two-dimensional bends, providing the ideal cut length, weight and bend location information for manufacturing. Price: $69.00 More Info on Bend Tech EZ

Bend Tech 3D uses 100% the functionality of Bend-Tech EZ and also includes the following: 3d tri-star input using simple terms such as; to front, to back, to left, to right, to ceiling and to floor - outputs rotation - simulation - secondary setup sheet showing thumbnails of movement transitions - start production from either end -flip part in the middle of manufacturing -increased bend allowance and start bend location formulas- 60 page users manual. Price: $149.00
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Bend Tech PRO Tube bending CAD will allow your creativity to become reality. PRO has empowered the fabricator. PRO allows any fabricator to become a proficient tubing manufacture in a few short hours. If you are a serious hobbyist, start up shop or a small full time fabricator, PRO will save you thousands of dollars in costly rework and material scrap. Price: $275.00 More Info on Bend Tech Pro

Bend Tech SM Sheet Metal bending software takes a practical approach to sheet metal design, and is by far the most easy-to-use sheet metal design product on the market. Customers who have never used a CAD system before are productive the first time they sit down to use it. Price: $275.00 More Info on Bend Tech SM

Which version is best for me?

EZ	EZ3D	PRO	SM
- you are going to bend less than 20 parts in a year. - most of your bending is 90 degree with no rotation - you have limited tube bending experience - EZ is typically sold as an OEM product for hobbyist style benders.	- want to find the bend rotation - want to design in 3D - need to flip the part between bends - you don't line the bend mark with the exact location of where the bending starts...	- you end up welding multiple pieces together - don't have any other CAD design software tools	-this is not tube bending software. SM is designed for bending sheet metal.

Features	EZ	EZ-3D	PRO
Multiple Document Interface	x	x	x
Customer Defined Tooling Library	x	x	x
Customer Defined Material Library	x	x	x
Calibration Wizard	x	x	x
Pre-Defined Templates	x	x	x
Templates Available for Download	x	x	x
2D Custom Part Template	x	x	x
To Scale Shaded Part	x	x	x
Cut length & Weight Results	x	x	x
Bend Angle Results	x	x	x
Start, End or Center Bend Results	x	x	x
Easy to follow Printed Setup Sheet	x	x	x
Add Material for Post Bending Cutoff	x	x	x
Save Part Files to the Hard Drive	x	x	x
On-Line Help with Index and Search	x	x	x
Telephone & Email Support	x	x	x
Support Forum	x	x	x
Bend Limit per Part	6	6	10

3D Custom Part Template		x	x
Tri-Star Input Window		x	x
Zooming, Panning & Rotating of 3D Shaded Model		x	x
Rotation Results		x	x
Reverse Bending Order		x	x
Flip Tube in Mid Production		x	x
Bending Simulation		x	x
Movement Transition Setup Sheet		x	x
Trig Calculator		x	x
Advanced Calibration Wizard		x	x
Rotational Input for Custom Part			x
Assembly Design			x
Dimensioning			x
Cutting (fish mouthing)			x

Minimum Computer Requirements

Windows XP, 2000, Vista or 7
500 Meg of RAM (1000 needed for assembly design)
800+ MHz Proccessor
CD drive
1024 x 768 minimum graphics resolution
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