In the Die Structure Design class students will be shown how to create a more productive and intuitive way to build die components for transfer dies.

Stamped sheet metal parts usually exhibit complex, free form shapes that are commonly used in the automotive, heavy vehicle, appliance and aerospace industries.

Typical die components, such as the trim steel, flange steel, and scrap cutters, may be defined using standard modeling tools and a variety of features. Each of these complicated objects may consist of several hundred such "primitives." In contrast, Die Structure Design allows these components to be defined as a single feature. This means the shape controls are reduced to a few standard parameters that are familiar to die designers and easy to specify.

Complete editing capabilities allow the user to quickly make complicated modifications to the component by changing a single parameter. In addition, these features are associative and if the product part changes, the solid body representing the die component is rebuilt accordingly.

Die Design is a separately licensed product of NX