Manufacturing Solutions
Unified environment for manufacturing process simulation, analysis, and design optimization.
HyperForm
- Benefits
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- Introduces forming feasibility criteria early in product development, where the most significant improvements are possible
- Accurately predicts the blank size for improved material utilization
- Provides a powerful tool to modify and verify multiple process scenarios with the ability to record and reuse complex model setup for repeatability of best practices
- Visualizes wrinkles and splits, and fixes problems before cutting any steel
- Provides powerful geometric tools for designing binder and parametric addendum
- Provides an automated approach for optimization of stamping processes
- Minimizes material wastage via blank nesting
- Model setup for tailor welded blank and layered blanks
- New GUI to quickly set up optimization problems in sheet metal forming
- Springback positioner – Positions the part after springback relative to tools based on user preferences.
- Model setup for Hot stamping using LSDYNA
- Drastically reduces the overall product cycle
For more information, reference the Manufacturing Solutions help manual.
HyperXtrude
- Benefits
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- Easy to use interface
- Meshing wizards for quick model setup
- HyperXtrude Job Manager to submit and manage local/remote jobs
- Built-in and expandable material database
- Process specific model setup tools
- Wizard for tool deflection analysis using Altair OptiStruct
- Metal Extrusion
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- Extrusion wizard for setting up for all problem classes supported by the solver
- Tools for bearing design and optimization
- Tube extrusion wizard
- Polymer Extrusion
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- Wizard for extrusion using plate dies
- Coextrusion wizard to simulate coextruded parts with or without metal inserts and tool
- Interface to setup to runner balancing analysis
- Interface to setup a generic melt flow analysis
- Tire extrusion analysis wizard
- Easy to use interface for CFD tetrameshing
For more information, reference the Manufacturing Solutions help manual.
HyperMold
- Moldex3D Solid
- Moldex3D Shell
- Moldflow (Midplane, Fusion, and Solid 3D)
- HyperXtrude for Resin Transfer Molding
- Moldex3D
- This user profile supports model setup for three dimensional injection
molding simulations using Moldex3D Solid solver.
- Benefits
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- Easy to use meshing wizards for model creation
- Support for standard and fast cool analysis
- Model diagnostics (similar to the solver)
- Moldflow
- This user profile supports model setup for injection molding simulations
using Autodesk® Simulation Moldflow® software.
- Benefits
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- Support for Midplane, Fusion (dual domain), and Flow3D analysis
- Easy to use wizards to setup models for all three model types
- Model diagnostics includes fusion mesh match estimator
- Tools to create runner system and cooling circuits
- RTM
- This user profile supports model setup for resin transfer molding
simulations using HyperXtrude solver for
RTM.
- Benefits
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- Solid meshing wizard to mesh the model starting from solids
- Interface for material database to add, edit, and maintain material data
- Tools to create boundary and process conditions
For more information, reference the Manufacturing Solutions help manual.
HyperWeld
- Benefits
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- Easy to use wizard for setting up models for butt, edge, lap and T-joints
- Built-in and expandable material database
- Tools to create and setup models with complex pin shapes and other joints not supported by the wizard
For more information, reference the Manufacturing Solutions help manual.
Forging
- HyperXtrude for Billet Forging
- DEFORM3D
- HX-Forge
- HX-Forge user profile has an easy to use interface for HyperXtrude for Billet Forging. Refer to
Solvers of this
introduction for more details about this solver.
- Benefits
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- Easy to use GUI for automatic model generation
- Built-in and expandable material library
- Tools to manually setup models
- DEFORM3D
- Interface to set up models for complex three-dimensional forging
simulation with DEFOM3D is supported by this user profile. It
gives you direct access to Altair
HyperMesh-based tools such as
geometry cleanup, tetramesh generation, and autopositioning in
order to prepare data for analysis and export it to native
DEFORM3D formats. In addition, HyperMorph allows you to evaluate rapid
changes to tooling and perform geometry.
- Benefits
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- Minimizes modeling time for forging analysis
- Enables rapid design changes
For more information, reference the Manufacturing Solutions help manual.
Results Manager
- Benefits
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- Incorporates the manufacturing effects into structural analysis
- Open environment that allows mapping of data between arbitrary solvers
For more information, reference the Manufacturing Solutions help manual.