FTI FormingSuite 2021.1.0 (33052.0)

General Updates
User Profiles
Use the Project Menu to export, import, restore, or convert User Profile settings.
Show Part
View your part on a nesting layout using the new Show Part icon in Nesting, Progressive Nesting, and Strip Nesting Layouts.
Direction Application Settings
Configure application level settings for Direction Vector, Punch Direction, and Movement Direction dialogs in Geometry, Process Setup, and Incremental Setup Workbenches.
Wizard Application Settings
Configure application level settings for the Wizard.
Geometry
New Create Double Attach process
Utilize an easier and more streamlined double attach process.
New Mirror Double Attach process
Quickly create mirror double attached parts using the new dialog.
Forming Workbench
Export Final Form
Export Final Form as an ARC (.arc) file or as a PLY (.ply) file.
Progressive Nesting
New Progressive Nesting Layouts
Includes: One Up Side Carrier - Top, Two Blanks Center Carrier - Switched, Two Blanks Center And Side Carrier - Switched, and Two Blanks Dual Center Carrier - Switched.
Strip Nesting
Create a Line Die Plan Process
Create blanking and process operations in Line Die Plan for One-Up, Two-Up, Mirror, Two Blanks, and Cut Off Die Strip Nesting layouts.
Two Coil Workflow in LDP
Create two Strip Nesting workbenches and use them to create a Two Coil Workflow process in Line Die Plan.
Incremental Setup
New Dytran Solver
Select the new Dytran solver for Incremental analysis.
Stretch Web
Carrier Bead
Place a Carrier Bead on stretch web carriers.
Carrier Notch
Create Carrier Notches that are the length of a Progression.
Line Die Plan
Define/Edit Part Features
New Define/Edit Part Features dialog.
Interference in Process Settings
New ability to configure interference in Process Settings for Line Die Plan.
Create Coil Notch
Add notches to the coil in your editable blanking process.
Progressive Die Process
Carrier Bead
View Carrier Beads in the 2D and 3D Process tables.
Create Coil Notch
Add notches to the top and / or bottom of the coil in the 2D Process Table.
Improved Edit Restrike
Edit Restrike now available for all operations.
Define/Edit Part Features
New Define/Edit Part Features dialog.

FormingSuiteis a user friendly combination one-step, implicit, and explicit incremental analysis solution that provides a complete virtual die develop-ment and tryout for tool and die makers. It requires no FEA background. It offers many advanced features such as automatic blank shape, and location, automatic process setup and automatic binder closing and wrap.
FormingSuite 2021 introduce 3D addendum creation and the detailed feature length method for cost estimation of Line Dies (Transfer and Tandem dies). These features will help improve cost estimation accuracy for deep drawn components by accurately representing the drawn shell coming from the draw die. This gives cost engineers confidence in their estimates for blank size and weight in the early planning stage as well as giving more details needed for precise process planning.
Trim line development tools have been implemented to accurately unfold flanges, hems, and extrusions onto the 3D Addendum geometry. This allows design, process, and manufacturing engineers to evaluate trim conditions and determine for each point on the trim curve if it's possible to trim in the given die tip direction.
Fast and accurate speed-of-use enhancements have been added to reduce effort and time when creating a process plan. These enhancements include symmetry options for multiple functions. FormingSuite 2021 also improves stamping feature recognition, process generation, process validation, simplifies process editing and produces better-quality reports.
FTI FormingSuite
Forming Technologies (FTI),part of Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division, provides computer-aided engineering software to optimise the design for manufacturing, material utilisation and cost of sheet metal components. Learn more at forming.com. Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.
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