Logopress3 Flattening

Logopress3 Flattening provides a combination of robust unbending (even for dirty parts) and FEA (Finite Element Analysis) blank prediction software.

Unbends things that cannot be unbent with only SolidWorks, including bends with gussets, extrusions, flanges, cylinders, moved center partial unbend, dirty parts, non-constant thickness parts, springback/overbend, etc.

In addition to blank prediction of complex shaped parts—including automotive and aircraft parts—Logorpress3 Flattening calculates stress, strain, thinning, etc. For those not in the metal stamping industry, it will also flatten cloth, leather, plastic and a wide variety of other materials besides steel.

"I was very impressed with Logopress3F, and how easy it was to use. I was able to simulate many parts we had actually made, and the results matched very well to the actual formed parts. "

Charlton, MA

Finite Element Analysis

Logopress3 blank prediction allows the user to quickly and easily determine the theoretical blank of 3D complex shaped parts. The parts can be imported solid or surface models that have come from a different CAD system.

The Flattening function helps both at the quotation stage and in the die design process. It minimizes development time in the press. The mesh is fully automatic but its size can also be adjusted if the user wishes to do so.

There is no need to be a mechanical engineer with finite element analysis skills to handle the Logopress3™ BLANK module because it is very user friendly.

See: BLANK videos

Logopress3 Unbending

In only a few mouse clicks you can unfold your part and then model the intermediate stages that will allow defining the process that will become your strip layout. This can be done from a native SolidWorks™ model or from an imported model from any other CAD system, without preparing it in any specific way.

The K-Factors for each individual bend can be automatically calculated by Logopress3™ and the unfolding/unbending features can very easily be edited. This way, you can switch from a full unbending to a partial unbending. You can change the partial unbending angle value, you can manage the spring back options, the bend allowance, etc.

Flange management

Gusset management

See: Unbending videos

Additional Functionality

• Faces Merging - combine nearby faces that SolidWorks alone cannot manage.
• Offset Faces - utilize the power of a surface mesh to offset surfaces that SolidWorks cannot.
• Extend Faces - Extends surfaces that SolidWorks cannot
• Convert for Construction - In a sketch, convert geometry directly to construction geometry.
• Convert Splines to Segements and Arcs - Converts sketched splines and parabolas to segments and arcs

"Logopress3F is a tremendous time saver. Now if we get a complex part or dirty data, it's no problem."

-Scott Smith, Faspro Technologies