About the Definition of Punches and Dies

The punch and die bodies can be defined:

• In the Sheet Metal 3D shapes, where the stamping is to be created. In this case, make sure the body containing the base feature to be stamped is defined as the work object, prior to creating the stamp.

  
  
  

• As two separate Part Design parts:

  
  
  

  
  
  

  In this case, when selecting the punch or die feature, the system automatically copies this feature into the representation document into which the base feature to be stamped is located. A link is retained between the initial punch or die feature and its copy.