Piercing Faces

Access: Open this function from the following location:

Select Die Design > Piercing Design > Piercing Faces from the menu bar.

Create faces marked as punches in the piercing hole islands. This function can be invoked after running the Hole Analysis function.

The same holes (i.e. having the same edge ID) in a preceding forming shape are plugged with regular bounded faces, as they are not pierced yet (as far as the manufacturing process is concerned).

Holes that have not been analyzed, display a contour annotation around them in all the forming shapes. This way, you can quickly tell which holes still need a piercing definition.

The faces with the Piercing Face attribute can later be used in tool design to quickly place punches, matrixes etc..

General Interaction

The following is the Feature Guide for Piercing Faces.

Tip: You can open the Feature Guide at any time by right-clicking the mouse in the graphic display area.

Required Step 1 : Pick contours created by the Hole Analysis function to create/edit piercing faces.

Required Step 2 : Pick the location of the actual piercing.

Optional Step 1 : Display piercing forces for all holes, current and previous.

Detailed Interaction

See Options and Results.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.