Introduction to Die Design

The Die Design application consists of three main processes:

1. Forming ShapesForming Shapes

   Designing the Forming shapes; creating the main forming shapes that will be included in the strip (intermediate shapes between the flat and the final product). The forming shapes are mainly copies of the master parts which were changed using the Bend, Unfold and Unbend operations.

   

2. Designing the StripDesigning the Strip

   Nesting, Designing the strip layout, dimensions, carrier, stations (adding forming shapes), creating the Punch, Trim, etc.,   

   

3. Die DesignDie Design

   Creating the actual die (not covered in this exercise).

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