A 25-year specialist in automatic nesting for flat-cutting, Alma recently developed a professional software for the optimization of 3D cutting. Named act/cube, this software is dedicated to manufacturers cutting materials such as foam, polystyrene, polyurethane, stone, marble or wood. An interactive version very simple to use has just been published, also available in evaluation version to test your own series of tests. From a set of raw-material blocks and a set of outputs to be produced, act/cube automatically calculates the 3D layout, for significant savings in terms of time and material. Equipped with a user-friendly and simple user interface, act/cube generates cutting plans and programs (on screen or paper) after the user has entered the block formats and the volumes to be produced, or has imported the data from another application. Thanks to a powerful optimization algorithm, act/cube enables you to quickly execute very compact 3D assemblies. A well-known sofa manufacturer who cuts foam in large quantities annually saved 4% of material by optimizing his material utilization rate thanks to act/cube. act/cube produces edge to edge cutting plans adapted to the different functionalities of the machines, the different cutting technologies and offers many specialized features.