Autostamp v2004

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 Autostamp
Autostamp:
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Import
Accurate simulation and quality control

Create objects Simulated processes:

 Gravity, Holding, Forming simulations
Material
 Flanging operations
 Springback
Process parameters
 Pressure forming (hydroforming, aquadrawing, rubber pad)

Solver
 Tube bending processes

Post analyse Fully multistage

Examples

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 Flowchart autostamp

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Import

Create objects

Material
Flowchart AUTO-Stamp

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

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 Open project

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Import

Create objects

Material

Open New Project

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Import
CAD Mesh Computed model Diemaker

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Import

Create objects

Material

Import
Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Stamp 2G is fully OBJECT oriented…
Group of entities (elements, nodes …) on which attributes are defined
Import

OBJECT
Create objects
Entities (Hierarchy) Attributes
Surfaces Material
Material
Elements Kinematics
Edges Loading
Process parameters
Nodes …

Solver NB:
Entity can belong to several objects
Object oriented
Post analyse
Only one definition of an attribute per entity

Plane object  Symmetry attribute

Examples
Coordinate system object  No attribute
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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Which objects are required depends on the type of simulation :

Import
•Gravity simulation (Double action)

Necessary objects : full die

Create objects
blanksheet
Optional objects : symmetry plane
Material
guides
locator pins
Process parameters
•Holding simulation (Double action)

Necessary objects : full die

Solver
blanksheet
blankholder
Post analyse
Optional objects : symmetry plane
guides
Examples
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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Which objects are required depends on the type of simulation :

Import
•Forming simulation (Double action)

Necessary objects : full die

Create objects
blanksheet
blankholder
Material
punch
Optional objects : symmetry plane
Process parameters
support
drawbeads
Solver
•Springback simulation (Implicit)

Necessary objects : blanksheet

Post analyse
3 fixation points
Optional objects : symmetry plane
Examples
trimming line
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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Which objects are required depends on the type of simulation :

Import
•Pressure forming

Necessary objects : full die

Create objects
blanksheet
Optional objects : symmetry plane
Material
punch
blankholder
Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Minimum requirement at this stage: Full die geometry

Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples
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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Autostamp requires the definition of all the tools used in reality :

Import
If you have imported just 1 object (the full die geometry) you can
create the punch and the blankholder by using the toolbuilder
Create objects
macro

Material
How???

Process parameters
First create two objects from the full die geometry :

Solver
• The lower blankholder area (offset will be the upper blankholder)
• The die bottom area (offset will be the punch)
Post analyse

Examples Create objects by selecting entities

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Then :

Import
Use the toolbuilder macro

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse
Toolbuilder macro

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Now all TOOL geometries needed for a basic simulation are
available:
Import

- Lower blankholder
Create objects
- Die bottom
- Punch
Material
- Upper blankholder

Process parameters

BLANKSHEET???
Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Options for BLANKSHEET :

Import

1. Import CAD <ref import tools>

Create objects
2. Import MESH <ref import tools>
3. Use the blanksheet macro
Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Blanksheet macro
Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Now all TOOL geometries and the BLANKSHEET geometry needed
for a basic simulation are available:
Import

- Lower blankholder
Create objects
- Die bottom
- Punch
Material
- Upper blankholder
- Blanksheet
Process parameters

Are drawbeads present in the reality?

Solver

If so, they should be implemented also in the simulation model.

Post analyse Simulations make use of EQUIVALENT drawbead models, where the
actual drawbead geometries are represented by bar elements which
exert forces (opening <ONLY AUTOSTAMP> and restraining) on
Examples
the blanksheet
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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Options for geometry DRAWBEADS :

Import
1. Import CAD <ref import tools, line import>
2. Import MESH <ref import tools>
Create objects
3. Create the BAR elements manually (Geometry – Edition – Elements)

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Options for geometry DRAWBEADS :

Import
1. Import CAD <ref import tools, line import>
2. Import MESH <ref import tools>
Create objects
3. Create the BAR elements manually (Geometry – Edition – Elements)

Material
Options:
Pick/enter points
Process parameters
Pick nodes
Transform edges
Solver
Transform curves

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Options for geometry DRAWBEADS :

Import
1. Import CAD <ref import tools, line import>
2. Import MESH <ref import tools>
Create objects
3. Create the BAR elements manually (Geometry – Edition – Elements)
4. Drawbeads are exported from diemaker module
Material
 these are 3D curves, transform to bar elements!!!

Process parameters
NOTE:

Solver
If a drawbead is a straight line, only 1 bar element suffice

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

Open New Project

Now all TOOL, BLANKSHEET and DRAWBEAD geometries needed
for a basic simulation are available :
Import

- Lower blankholder
Create objects
- Die bottom
- Punch
Material
- Upper blankholder
- Blanksheet
Process parameters
- Drawbeads

Solver If your model is symmetrical, it saves a lot of calculation time if you

only consider one half (quarter, …) of the model and use symmetry
conditions instead
Post analyse
How????

Examples Use symmetry planes

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Creation of a symmetry plane :

Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver Create object

Post analyse
NOTE:
perform the creation of a symmetry plane before
Examples doing offsets of symmetrical tools
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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Creation of a symmetry plane :

Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Best to choose a node on the symmetry edge of your tool

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

Open New Project

Now all TOOL, BLANKSHEET and DRAWBEAD geometries needed
for a basic simulation are available and symmetry is applied.
Import

- Lower blankholder
Create objects
- Die bottom
- Punch
Material
- Upper blankholder
- Blanksheet
Process parameters
- Drawbeads
- Plane  symmetry
Solver

What else needs to be defined???

Post analyse

In case the global +Z axis is not the stamping direction, a local axis
Examples system should be created if the macro is to be used
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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Creation of objects :

Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver Create object

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Creation of a local axis system :

Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

Open New Project

Now all TOOL, BLANKSHEET and DRAWBEAD geometries needed
for a basic simulation are available and symmetry is applied.
Import

- Lower blankholder
Create objects
- Die bottom
- Punch
Material
- Upper blankholder
- Blanksheet
Process parameters
- Drawbeads
- Plane  symmetry
Solver
- Local axis system

Post analyse
What else needs to be defined???

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

Open New Project

Guides / Locator pins :

Import
1. Import CAD <ref import tools>
2. Import MESH <ref import tools>
Create objects
3. Use accessory macro

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Accessory macro

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Trimline (3D curve) :

Import
1. Import CAD <ref import tools>
2. Import MESH <ref import tools>
Create objects
3. Create a line manually : Geometry – Edition – 3D curves

Material
Pick/enter points
From bars
Process parameters
From edges

Solver
From 3D curves
From section

Post analyse
From free edges
Elliptic

Examples

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 Create objects
Surface tool Surface blank Drawbead Coord system Symmetry plane Other

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Other manipulations of objects :

Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver Object manipulations Object transformations

Post analyse

Examples

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 Create objects

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Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

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 Material
Deformable Non-deformable

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Starting point: All necessary objects are present

Import

Create objects Surface tool: Non deformable material

function: Geometry representation

Material
Surface blank: Deformable material

Process parameters

Material in database Material introduction

Solver

Post analyse

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 Material
Deformable Non-deformable

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Import REMINDER: use consistent unit system, eg:

Create objects mm – kg – ms  kg/mm3, kN, kNmm, kN/mm2 (GPa)

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

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 Process parameters
Macro User-defined

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2 approaches to define the process:

Import

1. Use the AUTOSTAMP-macro (for BASIC simulations)

Create objects

2. Define the process manually

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Process parameters
Macro User-defined

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1. AUTOSTAMP macro
Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver
Autostamp macro

Auto-position
Post analyse

Control
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 Solver
Type Location

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Starting point: -All necessary objects are created
-Attributes are added to objects
Import

Solver can be started from within the program environment:

Create objects
Solver - Start

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Solver
Type Location

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Starting point: -All necessary objects are created
-Attributes are added to objects
Import

Name reference name

Create objects
Host local host or network workstation (IP adress or name)

Exe find the psolid.x (UNIX) or pamstamp_SMP-SP (PC)

Material
every .exe should have it’s own host entry
Messages $PAMHOME/stamp/2004_COMMON/Messages
$PAMHOME\2004.0\Common\Messages
Process parameters
Solver type UNIX or Windows, Mono, SMP, DMP

Script UNIX: $PAMHOME/pamstamp/v2004/pamworld

Solver
PAMHOME in case of nfs/samba: UNIX installation directory

Post analyse
Equivalence if the solver is on another PC/workstation the user needs
to define the equivalent mounting points (shared!!!)
Examples

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 Solver
Type Location

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The solver can also be started from the UNIX command line:
Import

Pamstamp –nt NPROC Input.pre > Input.out &

Create objects
Pamstampdp –nt NPROC Input.pre > Input.out &
Pamstampdmp –np NPROC Input.pre > Input.out &
Material
Pamstampdmpdp –np NPROC Input.pre > Input.out &

Process parameters
In Windows a pamstamp v2004 solver icon is available :
PAM-STAMP 2G Solver 2004.0.lnk

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Solver

Open New Project Important:

Import 1. Use SINGLE PRECISION (SP) solver for all calculations

except implict springback (DOUBLE PRECISION, DP)
2. The attribute ‘Surface tool with material’ must be defined
Create objects
once for every entity (solver related) in the ‘all stages’ object
definition
Material 3. Autostamp is fully incremental: it is possible to view the
initial state, the final state AND intermediate states
4. DMP and SMP runs are available and can be started from
Process parameters
within the program (also from prompt)
5. If convergence problems are encoutered with the implicit
Solver gravity, try :
- the DP solver
Post analyse - eliminate the blankholder walls
- check normal orientation

Examples

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 Solver

Open New Project Note:

Import Before running the autostamp calculation, it’s also possible to use the
‘Save As…’ option to save the file as a Quikstamp FP file and do a fast
Create objects initial run to see quickly qualitative results…

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

Examples

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 Solver

Open New Project Note:

Import

Create objects

Material

Process parameters

Solver

Post analyse

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 Post analysis
Analyse possibilities:

Open New Project Global:

1. Radii and angles

Import 2. Distances
3. Entities
4. Model differences
Create objects 5. Section check

Contour plots:
Material
1. Thickness [thickness, thinning]
2. Stress [major, minor, plastic…]
Process parameters 3. Strain [major, minor, plastic…]
4. FLD [stress, strain]
5. Kinematic [displacements]
Solver 6. Energy [internal, shear…]
7. Mesh quality [inner angles, area…]
8. Undercut
Post analyse 9. Numerical [refinement level, wrinkle criterion]
10. Contactpressure [normal, tangential]

Examples Post analysis

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