Breakdown & layout
The facade is laid out on the real wall: bays, floors, openings, corners and joints, every panel identified.
Nexus Clad · formerly enCLAD
ACM & composite panel cladding software
From the building DXF to machine-ready DXF: Nexus Clad generates the panel breakdown for ventilated facades in ACM composite, computes the machining, optimises sheet nesting and leaves the facade quoted — one single flow, built into the Endades Nexus management platform.
No re-entering data: the geometry comes in exactly as the architect delivered it and leaves ready for the CNC and for the quote.
Everything cladding production demands, in one tool
Ventilated facades and composite panels are a trade of their own: breakdowns, folds, machining, sheet stock and site. Nexus Clad solves it inside the same management software.
Machining & folding
2D development per panel with tabs, folds and stiffeners; machining computed per system.
Sheet nesting
The complete breakdown is nested onto sheets automatically, with the yield visible tray by tray.
CNC-ready DXF & quote
Per-panel and per-sheet DXF files ready for the machine, and the facade line priced in the sales document.
From the architect's drawing to the machine
Four steps, one environment. No spreadsheets in between, no redrawing in CAD.
Import the DXF
Walls, floors and openings recognised straight from the architect's geometry.
Pick system & panel
Choose the hanging system and composite panel, and the full cladding is computed with its fixings.
Optimise & machine
Sheet nesting with the yield in sight and the machining resolved.
Quote & produce
The line is priced in the quotation and production runs from the same document.
1,346panels computed in one pass
184sheets nested automatically
90.6%sheet material yield
Secondsfrom imported DXF to quote
The case: 1,346 panels at a 90.6% material yield
A real building, fully clad with Nexus Clad: 1,346 composite panels nested onto 184 sheets at a 90.6% yield, and €149,028 quoted on the facade line. Every point of yield is square metres of sheet you do not buy.
Frequently asked questions
What does composite panel cladding software like Nexus Clad do?
It covers the full cladding cycle: it imports the building geometry as DXF, lays out the ventilated facade, generates the breakdown of every ACM composite panel with its tabs and folds, computes the machining, optimises sheet nesting and exports machine-ready DXF files for the CNC router, with the facade line quoted in the same document.
Does it generate cutting and machining DXF files for CNC?
Yes. Every panel is output as a 2D development (tabs, folds and stiffeners) with its own DXF, and the nesting also produces per-sheet cutting DXF files ready for the CNC machining centre or router.
What sheet yield does the nesting achieve?
It depends on the project, but as a real reference: on a 1,346-panel project, Nexus Clad nested the complete breakdown onto 184 sheets at a 90.6% material yield, with the result visible tray by tray before cutting.
Is it integrated with quoting and management?
Nexus Clad is built into Endades Nexus: the facade starts as a line in the quotation, and the same document drives pricing, materials and the production order — no re-entering data in another tool.
Try it on a real project
Guided interactive demo, 20 steps over real screenshots: from the imported DXF to the quoted line.