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    Metal Forming Simulation

    Ok, In the near future the company I work for is buying V5. I am designing with V4 currently and wondering if V5 has the ability to perform Incremental Metal Forming Simulation such as Swaging and Flattening heavy wall tubing. Basically following the process flow from raw material to finish...
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    Tubing or Piping for V5/R5

    Thank you 13910634301, on the Microsoft VBScript I have no experience with that. I think the best thing would be to up grade to R9 and run with that. Thanks for the Info.. BKelly as far as I know, V5R5 has a Structures Work Bench that uses grids and splines to sweep a solid shape. Again soon as...
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    Tubing or Piping for V5/R5

    Excellent advise! Now to work on my wireframe skills. Question. On the later releases, V5/R8 does tubing and/or piping apply K-factors for material growth under bending condition?
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    Tubing or Piping for V5/R5

    Does anyone know best way of doing tubing and/or piping design with bends using V5/R5. I got as far as pasting a “Sketcher workbench file” .CATPart consisting of two lines “L” shape with a radius connecting the two line gather into a “Structures workbench” and using “Member on Support”. I can...

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