TOOL DEFINITION GUI

The tool definition GUI allows the user to assign the tooling and blank mesh required for setting up a particular stamping simulation. For a Single Action Gravity Loading simulation (as shown in Figure 8.1.1), the tool definition GUI consists of BLANK, BINDER and LOWER TOOL.

By clicking on either the BLANK, BINDER or LOWER TOOL button, the dialog window as shown in Figure 8.1.2 will prompt the user to select the method of defining blank or tooling.

Figure 8.1.2: The Tool Definition dialog window (a) Define Blank (b) Define Tool

If the blank mesh is available in a saved Nastran file, the user can click IMPORT MESH to read in the blank mesh. The QS interface will automatically assign the part (blank mesh) as Blank. Alternatively, the user can read in the blank geometry (in CAD format) by selecting IMPORT CAD DAT. The BLANK MESH function (as shown in Figure 8.1.2a) is then used to mesh the blank geometry. This function is similar to BLANK GENERATOR in Section 9.5. After completing the mesh generation, the QS interface will automatically assign the part (blank mesh) as Blank.

The TOOL MESH function (as shown in Figure 8.1.2b) meshes the tool geometry. For detailed information about this function, refer to Section 5.3.4. The QS interface will also automatically assign the tool mesh as either Binder or Lower Tool after the tool geometry is meshed.

The SELECT PART function (Figure 8.1.2a) allows the user to select the proper parts from the SELECT PART dialog window (Figure 8.1.3) and assign them as Blank, Lower Tool and Binder in QS GUI. By clicking on SELECT PART, the DEFINE BLANK dialog window will appear, and the user can continue by adding the corresponding parts as Blank, Lower Tool and Binder. The SELECT PART function in the DEFINE TOOL dialog window (Figure 8.1.2b) will display the DEFINE TOOL dialog window as shown in Figure 8.1.4.

  

Figure 8.1.3 A schematic illustration showing the SELECT PART operation to define the Blank in QS.

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Figure 8.1.4 A schematic illustration showing the SELECT PART operation to define the Lower Tool in QS.

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