Overview on the Die Design Module

The Die Design module of the think3 application constitutes of the following four commands, which have been developed specifically to facilitate Die designing.

All the above four commands are also present in the Die Design toolbar.

The Cutting Line command enables you to generate the contour for blank from which the stamping component will be manufactured. It computes the cutting line corresponding to the contour of the unbent wings along which the metal would be cut.

The rear surface of the die/punch head need not have the details as present on the front surface which makes actual contact with the metal. Still, the rear surface needs to have a similar profile as that of the front surface. The development of this rear surface is facilitated by the Fuzzy Offset command that enables you to generate an offset surface which is not a precise offset but has a blurry resemblance to the original surface.

In many stamping components the spring-back effect generates a twist in them. Hence, the compensation to be given to those parts is also a twist in the opposite direction. The GSM Spined Twist command enables you to provide this twisting compensation. Using this command you can provide twist to a part along a predefined spine.

During stamping, and particularly when facing spring-back, it may be useful to modify some high curvature areas to let the material to 'fill' in a particular way the interstitial die volume during the sheet metal deformation. Typically, fillets often identify these high curvature areas. The GSM Fillet Reduction command enables you to modify a set of selected fillet surfaces by changing their curvature, while retaining the desired continuity along borders.