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The Most Accurate and Advanced Forming Feasibility Solution for Product Engineers in CATIA V5

Identifies 90% of forming feasibility issues within minutes, to substantially reduce financial risks during product development
Accurate blank size calculation to reduce development time
Full associativity and regeneration enable a 70% productivity improvement in Engineering Efficiency to manage complex variations, as compared to non-CAAV5 products that suffer from process discontinuities
The CAA enabled CATFORM reduces Collaboration Lag (time to communicate a change and obtain feedback), and hence results in 50% less engineering changes, since the analysis is current with the geometry

FEATURES:
Capitalizes on the seamless integration with native geometry in CATIA V5
Uses the most accurate forming analysis engine and ONLY one for tight radii
Accurately predicts feasibility of product geometry, as well as blank size, accounting for material properties, friction, and blankholder forces
All Forming Conditions are applied to native geometry to simplify use for non specialists
Simulation results include safety zones, forming zones, FLD, splitting, thinning, wrinkling, thickening, stress, strain, and optimal blank shape
Tailor welded parts analysis with multiple weld lines
Results are stored in CATAnalysis file for PLM integration eliminating multiple files
Export Nastran file thickness results for subsequent crash analysis


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"CATFORM provides an early warning system for stamped parts. We use it in body design engineering to check the formability of High Strength Steel parts. Areas of concern are identified and, if design constraints allowed, shape changes are made."
Dan Turk, Honda Research & Development Americas



 
  System Requirements
  Platform PC
  CATIA Version
CATIA V5 R16, R17, R18 - With GPS, MD2 or HD2 module installed
  Operating System MS Windows XP x86/x64, UNIX Platforms
  Graphics 1024x768 resolution with minimum 32768 colours
  Disk Space 1GB free
  Memory 512MB