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AutoForm offers software solutions for the die-making and sheet metal forming industries.
The use of AutoForm software improves reliability in planning, reduces the number of die tryouts
and tryout time, and results in higher quality part and tool designs that can be produced with
maximum confidence. In addition, press downtime and reject rates in production are substantially reduced.
Based on practical, industrial know-how and sheet metal forming expertise, AutoForm’s solutions form
a complete, integrated system with highly specialized functions to analyze, review and optimize every
phase of the process chain.
AutoForm provides solutions all along the sheet metal forming process chain. They range from stand-alone
modules for small and mid-size companies to complete, integrated multi-module systems for large companies.
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| AutoForm-PartDesigner |
Easy and Rapid Part Modifications
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The following are the prominent features of AutoForm-PartDesigner:
Automatic filleting of part geometry – global and variable
Processing of parts for double-attached stamping simulation
End fill generation
Smoothing of part edge to establish pre-trim geometry
Creation and modification of part features – embossments, stiffening beads
Controlled filling of holes in part geometry
Quick and automatic binder development
Supports a wide variety of data formats for geometry import
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| AutoForm-OneStep |
Engineering Manufacturable Sheet Metal Parts
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The following are the prominent features of AutoForm-OneStep:
Ideal for “real time” design studies by part designers
Enhanced wizard for intuitive, quick, and error-proof set up
Simulation based on part or full tool geometry
Simulation of forming from flat and wrapped blank
Simulation of parts with tailor-weld lines
Automatic / interactive die tip evaluation
Extensive generic materials library for initial studies
Development and export of accurate blank outline
Development of optimal shear outline for developed blank
Tolerant of gaps / overlaps, sharp edges, holes in imported part geometry
Automatic global filleting of sharp edges
Supports a wide variety of data formats for geometry import
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| AutoForm-DieDesigner |
3D-Die-Layout and Process Optimization
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AutoForm-DieDesigner's main features for the design of 3D-Die-Layouts include:
Easy tool design for symmetric parts
Filleting of sharp edges with variable radii
Part radii modifications
Filling of holes
End fill
Automatic and manual tipping
Flexible binder design
Rapid generation of addendum
Easy over-crowning
Automatic development of flanges onto addendum
Analysis of trim and shear angles
Efficient design of wiper tools
Immediate tryout simulations with automatic updating of tools
Export of complete surface data
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| AutoForm-Incremental |
Die Tryout and Validation of Complete Stamping Process
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AutoForm-Incremental tryout results include all factors required to analyze and optimize the entire sheet metal forming process:
Splits and wrinkles
Thickness and strain distribution
Forming Limit Diagram (FLD)
Blank draw-in
Zebra analyses for checking outer surface panel quality
Skid and impact lines
Free springback between operations, and clamped springback in a measurement device
Springback evaluation – whether relative to a reference geometry or part geometry, in a press or vehicle coordinate system
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