DieDesign Basics

The Cimatron DieDesign tool is one integrated solution replacing multiple CAD and analysis tools, saving hours (even for complex jobs). It can be used to shorten your strip design cycle and reduce trial iterations and mistakes.

This section describes the basic introductory steps to the DieDesign process including the following:

• DieDesign Workflows: summarizes the main DieDesign tasks performed in the DieDesign application.

• Die Setup Wizards: The following wizards assist you in setting up a new Die file by prompting you to define the appropriate parameters. You can import parts containing other formats, such as, DXF, IGES and more:

• • Progressive Die Setup Wizard: This assists you in setting up a new Progressive Die project by prompting you to define the appropriate parameters.

  • Transfer Die Setup Wizard: This assists you in setting up a new Transfer Die project by prompting you to define the appropriate parameters.

Terms

• Stamping DiesStamping Dies

  Stamping dies are a special, one-of-a-kind precision tool that cut and form sheet metal into a desired shape or profile. Stamping is a cold-forming operation, which means that no heat is introduced into the die or the sheet material intentionally. Stamping dies are tools used to produce high volume sheet metal parts. These parts achieve their shape through the effects of the die tooling.

• DieDie

  "Die" is used to describe the tooling used to produce the stamped parts. A die set assembly consisting of a male and female component is the actual tool that produces the shaped stamping. The male and female components work in opposition to both form and punch holes in the stock.

  The most common types of dies perform cutting and forming. Cutting dies are used to shear sheet material into what is called a blank. These blanks are then exposed to blanking dies which cut the entire perimeter of the part, or to forming dies where the blank is stamped into a part. Cutting dies are also used to trim excess metal from around a formed part.

  • Punching is another function of cutting dies. Punching is the cutting of a piece from the sheet metal stock to produce a hole or slot.
  • Forming is used to describe a stamped part whose shape and contour is reproduced directly from the shape and contour of a die set. An example of such an operation is bending.
• Progressive and Transfer DiesProgressive and Transfer Dies

  Multiple station dies are arranged so that a series of sequential operations are accomplished with each press stroke. Two die types may be used; Progressive and Transfer.

  • In Progressive Die operations, coil stock is fed into the press. Individual stampings are connected with a carrier strip as they progress through the various die operations and are ultimately separated and then discharged from the press.
  • In Transfer Die operations, individual stock blanks are mechanically moved from die station to die station within a single die set. Large stampings are done with tandem press lines where the stock is moved from press to press in which specific operations, such as drawing or trimming, are performed.

  Templates can be used to control the default structure of a die set for Transfer Dies. These templates are located in the following folder:

  ...\ProgramData\Cimatron\Cimatron\2026.0\Data\Die\Transfer

  Templates can be used to control the default structure of a die set for Transfer Dies. These templates are located in the following folder:

  ...\ProgramData\Cimatron\Cimatron\2026.0\Data\Die\Transfer

  Templates can be used to control the default structure of a die set for Transfer Dies. These templates are located in the following folder:

  ...\ProgramData\Cimatron\Cimatron\2026.0\Data\Die\Transfer

  Templates can be used to control the default structure of a die set for Transfer Dies. These templates are located in the following folder:

  ...\ProgramData\Cimatron\Cimatron\2026.0\Data\Die\Transfer

  Note: Symbolic text can be used for Progressive Dies to help automate common notes on a drawing. Symbolic text parameters for die design data all start with the word Die at the beginning of the parameter name so that they can be easily located in the parameter list. Symbolic text is created as attributes of the main assembly. Symbolic text and is saved in the strip part, strip sub-assembly, and also the main assembly.