FTI Forming Suite 2021.0.3

Forming Technologies (FTI), part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, announced the worldwide release of the FormingSuite 2021. Designed for sheet metal cost estimators, design engineers, tooling designers, and advanced planning engineers in the automotive, aerospace, consumer product and electronics industries, this release introduces numerous enhancements that ensure the best quality results and performance for all users.

Demand for utilizing FTI expertise in quoting and estimating tooling for sheet metal components has resulted in powerful enhancements and functionalities to the FormingSuite line of products. FormingSuite 2021 will introduce 3D addendum creation and the detailed feature length method for cost estimation of Line Dies (Transfer and Tandem dies). These features will help improve cost estimation accuracy for deep drawn components by accurately representing the drawn shell coming from the draw die. This gives cost engineers confidence in their estimates for blank size and weight in the early planning stage as well as giving more details needed for precise process planning.

Trim line development tools have been implemented to accurately unfold flanges, hems, and extrusions onto the 3D Addendum geometry. This allows design, process, and manufacturing engineers to evaluate trim conditions and determine for each point on the trim curve if it’s possible to trim in the given die tip direction.

Fast and accurate speed-of-use enhancements have been added to reduce effort and time when creating a process plan. These enhancements include symmetry options for multiple functions. FormingSuite 2021 also improves stamping feature recognition, process generation, process validation, simplifies process editing and produces better-quality reports.