AutoForm-CATIA5
Software for
Direct Integration of AutoForm Software in CATIA V5
The AutoForm-CATIA5 module directly integrates AutoForm software
and AutoForm parameters into CATIA V5, making two programs associatively
linked. User control of AutoForm and the management of simulation
files are partially transferred to CATIA. This integration not
only greatly improves the speed and efficiency of design and engineering
cycles, but also improves the consistency of part data in CATIA
and the consistency of process data in AutoForm.
AutoForm-CATIA5 provides the following benefits for users
working with AutoForm and CATIA V5:
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Increase productivity for CATIA
users
by direct access to AutoForm results |
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Improve accuracy of product
and process data
by automatic and instant updates |
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Increase speed and efficiency
of the product development cycle |
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Minimize data source errors
with one shared CAD data file |

Surfaces, curves and tipping information are transferred from
AutoForm to CATIA V5, and the corresponding process layout is stored
in the CATIA V5 part document. Similarly, surfaces, curves and
tipping information are transferred from CATIA V5 to AutoForm to
update and store the part geometry and to provide process information.
The main features of AutoForm-CATIA5 include:
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Rapid development of die faces
can be done in CATIA V5 starting from an AutoForm 4D-Process-Layout.
Completed die face designs as well as wireframes are automatically
transferred from AutoForm to CATIA V5. |
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NEW! Process
layout is intuitively and quickly defined
and provided in the CATIA V5 structure tree. Thus, active
surfaces and other geometric process data, designed with
CATIA V5 can be linked with this CATIA V5 process layout.
And a forming simulation could be started at any time.
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Automatic updating of the entire
data chain – from CATIA part geometry
through die faces to AutoForm simulations – greatly
reduces die development time. Due to this associative link, several
alternative tooling concepts can be validated in just one day. |
AutoForm-CATIA (for CATIA V4)
The AutoForm-CATIA module is available for CATIA V4 users, with
functionalities for that environment.
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