ADS software
Features, license tiers, downloads, platform requirements, installation, maintenance, and tube-fabrication tutorials.
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Learn the workflow before you buy the machine.
The original ARMA site has a large library of software tutorials, machine notes, examples, downloads, and support policies. This is the organized home for those materials.
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Choose the information you need.
Tube notcher
Capabilities, tube ranges, formats, shop requirements, pricing, shipping, import fees, return terms, and warranty.
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Tube bender
RDB-250 compatibility, springback compensation, radial growth, bending range, CAD workflow, and setup notes.
Explore bender details →ADS tutorial index
Topics from the original documentation.
These are the current tutorial subjects being consolidated into the new automation site.
- Install ADS on Windows
- Install ADS on macOS
- Install ADS on Linux
- ADS user interface and navigation
- Import files and project formats
- System requirements
- Backups and recovery
- Collaboration and file locking
- License keys and account activation
- Model round tube
- Notch tube ends and intersections
- Tabs and slots on notches
- Bent tube and bend markers
- Flanges
- Import chassis designs
- Chassis design analysis
- Model square tube
- Tube pie cuts
- Tube notch and bend PDF output
- Export CNC tube notches
- Export CNC tube bends
- Export CNC plate cuts
- Export 5-axis CNC router output
- GCode post-processors
- Tube nesting and plate layout
- CNC control
- Tube-joint welding
- Mesh surfaces and display modes
- Import 3D models
- Prepare mesh models for CNC routing
- AI and agent automation tools
Machine ownership resources
Before you place an order.
Shipping and import details
Shipping is quoted separately based on destination, shipment format, and support configuration. Duties, tariffs, brokerage, taxes, and other import costs may apply.
Shop-fit guarantee
The tube notcher includes a 30-day shop-fit return path when the machine is complete, unmodified, and not damaged by misuse.
Application guidance
Send your tube size, material, wall thickness, destination, and current machine setup so ARMA can help choose the correct workflow.
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