Creating Stamping Directions

You can define the main stamping direction, analyze the stamped surface and create secondary stamping directions.

  1. From the Analysis & Preparation section of the action bar, click Stamping Direction .
  2. Select the surface.
  3. Check the completion status of key indicators for the draft, depth, and cutout analyses.
  4. Drag the Robot to optimize the stamping direction.

    Stamping Direction displays a specific Robot with U, V, and W axes. Translation and rotation values are visible in the 3D area.

    Tip: Use the small rotation arrows to quickly execute 90° rotations in the direction of the arrow.

  5. Double-click the Robot to edit it.
    1. Enter rounding thresholds as required.
    2. Select a linear element to align one axis of the Robot with it.
    3. Select a set of faces to align a direction using the mean value of the faces normals.
  6. Click a key indicator to display editable analysis parameters and results.

    For more information, see Performing a Draft Analysis, Performing a Depth Analysis, and Performing a Cutout Analysis.

  7. Click Edit Stamping Direction or Edit Axis Constraint for a precise positioning of the Robot
  8. Optional: Under More:
    1. Activate more options (Compute Areas, Real Time Analysis, Fly Analysis, Center Axis).
    2. Select a display mode.
  9. Select faces with issues. From the context toolbar, create a tool direction .
  10. When several directions exist, select one in the list to make it current.
  11. Click Optimization.
    1. Edit the angular variation and number of solutions to compute.
    2. For Business Logic, specify your own criteria in Data Setup.
    3. Click Start Optimization.
    4. Navigate through the proposed solutions.
    Optimization is done as follows:
    • For the draft analysis, Optimization tries to minimize areas with back draft, then areas with no draft, then the projected area.
    • For depth analysis, Optimization tries to minimize the area over the target value, then the current maximum depth.
    • For the cutout analysis, Optimization tries to minimize the length over the target value, then the current maximum cutout angle.
    • For Business Logic, specify your own.

A Stamping Direction Set is created. It contains

  • One Main Stamping Direction Feature (axis system).
    • Secondary Direction Features (axis systems) are created below.
  • One Stamping Direction Analysis Set (for the main stamping direction), with:
    • An Analysis Surface Mesh. It is a join of the analyzed surfaces that computes a mesh over them.
    • A Draft Analysis feature with published parameters and a color ramp.
    • A Depth Analysis feature with published parameters and a color ramp.
    • A Cutout Analysis feature with published parameters and a color ramp.

Tip: Double-click the meshed surface or a color ramp for edition.