CADEXSOFT Release Offers Enhanced PDF and Unfolding Support

CADEXSOFT Manufacturing Toolkit (MTK) 2025.8 improves PDF drawing import, CNC hole and pocket recognition, and unfolding for complex formed parts. It adds wall thickness and drawing visualization in MTK Workbench and MTK Web, and better JSON report grouping.

PDF Import Improvements and Web Visualization

Since the previous release, MTK has supported PDF import. However, all imported entities—including text and hatching—were previously represented as curves.

In this release, text and hatching are imported as proper 2D semantic elements, with solid fill now supported as a dedicated fill type. The Drawing Exploration example has been updated accordingly.

You can now convert imported drawings to .MTKWEB and visualize them directly in your web application.  

Unfolding Support for Sheet Metal Features

In MTK 2025.8, the company has expanded sheet metal unfolding capabilities. Beyond improvements to basic forming cases (e.g., bridges and louvers), the unfolding engine now supports complex formed features that previously could not be unfolded.

This includes drawn and punch-formed geometry (with or without associated cuts or openings), embossed features, and other localized forming details commonly found in real-world stamped and formed sheet metal parts.

CNC machining feature recognition improvements

In this release, CNC machining hole recognition for holes consisting of B-spline surfaces has been improved. In addition, the logic for determining hole bottom geometry has been corrected.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.