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Software offers free-form approach to creating, morphing addendum geometry

Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) has released FormingSuite Sculptured Die Face to address the needs of cost estimation, process planning, and metal forming simulation. It offers a free-form approach to creating and morphing addendum geometry, resulting in a fast, flexible, and visual approach to die face design.

With the software, users can improve the accuracy of material cost estimates by considering the process geometry (including addendum) rather than just the part shape; provide detailed information to process planners responsible for identifying die size, forming and trimming operations, press tonnage, and tooling costs; and provide the necessary geometry to run accurate virtual die tryout.

Users can develop full draw developments, die faces, and first form geometry in minutes, without the limitations of section lines or having to create complex transition geometry in CAD systems. The software simplifies the work involved in positioning and attaching double (and multiple) attached parts; creating, editing, and evaluating fully developable curved binder geometry; controlling the depth of draw; defining addendum shape; and creating fully surfaced draw developments.