Software offers new functions for mechanical joining simulation

Simufact Eng. has released Simufact.forming 13 software. It provides improvements in postprocessing, evaluation, depiction of the simulation results, result precision, software stability, and speed, says the company.

With user-friendly mathematical formulas, users can generate their own result values based on those of the simulation. In many cases, this new function makes the programming of subroutines completely unnecessary. Users can define their own color schemes for the depiction of result quantities. Routine designs can be evaluated automatically, which reduces the time needed to find the best design for the manufacturing process.

In the new version of the Mechanical Joining module, the geometric properties of hollow self- pierce riveting processes are determined automatically and visualized. This helps users to evaluate the highly realistic results of the simulation with just the push of a button. Furthermore, predefined templates now support the design of selfpierce riveting processes.