AutoForm Engineering, the provider of software solutions for sheet metal forming and body-in-white processes, recently presented its latest software version AutoForm ProgDie R13. This version offers new functions and enhancements that have been specially developed for users in the field of progressive dies. In addition, AutoForm ProgDie R13 features reduced file sizes, allowing significantly smaller simulation files without compromising results or affecting engineering decisions.
AutoForm ProgThe R13 offers new possibilities and enhancements for manufacturers of progressive dies. The software has been extended to include the self-symmetry function, which was previously only available in AutoForm Forming. Users can now import self-symmetrical parts as a whole or as a symmetry section and easily create a complete strip layout. The self-symmetry feature can be applied flexibly throughout the design process.
In addition, this latest software release supports users in creating a 3D strip chart with an improved intuitive drag-and-drop 3D option that greatly simplifies the design process.
One of the most important enhancements is the new ability to flexibly rearrange, group and customize independent geometric features such as shapes and holes directly in the strip layout. With AutoForm ProgDie R13, users can focus more on the design process instead of worrying about the order of geometric functions, as these can be arranged later directly when designing the strip layout.
AutoForm ProgThe R13 also offers enhancements in the evaluation of forming forces. Previously, the forming forces were only calculated for synchronized time steps in the forming process, without taking into account what happens between these steps. With AutoForm ProgDie R13, users can now also take into account intermediate time steps for more precise evaluations. Detailed insights into the forming forces help users to identify potential problems more easily and gain a deeper understanding of the evaluation of the forming forces during the progressive die process.
Dr. Markus Thomma, CMO of the AutoForm Group, explains: “With AutoForm ProgDie R13, users have more flexibility in the design of progressive processes and can gain deeper insights to quickly identify problems that may arise in practice.”
Background
AutoForm Engineering GmbH provides software solutions for sheet metal forming and body-in-white processes. More than 500 highly qualified employees in this specialist field work at AutoForm. The company is considered a leading provider of software for product manufacturability assurance, tool and material cost calculation, tool design and virtual sheet metal forming, and body-in-white process optimization. All of the top 20 automotive manufacturers and most of their suppliers use AutoForm’s software. The company is headquartered in Switzerland. Subsidiaries in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Sweden, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, India, China, Japan and Korea underline AutoForm’s international presence. In more than ten other countries, local sales partners ensure proximity to customers.
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