Preferences: Inspire Form

Define preferences for Materials, Feasibility, Nesting, Tryout, and Die Design.

Materials

Preference Description
Material library Enter a default path to the material library .xml file.

Feasibility

Analysis Preference Description
Run in model directory Enable this option if you want to store run history in the directory where the model is located rather than the run history path.
Run history path Enter a default path to the directory where the run history is saved.
Shell solution Select to extrapolate the strain values to the top and bottom surfaces of the blank.
Output stamping results in CAE solver formats Enable this option to output results in DYNA, RADIOSS, and OptiStruct formats in addition to standard formats.
Note: These solver results are used in Springback analysis only by default.
Marginal draft angle Enter a value for the marginal undercut draft angle. The default value set by Inspire Form is 10.
Default Element size Choose from Coarse, Medium, Fine, Custom Uniform Mesh or Custom Nonuniform Mesh. For the Custom Uniform Mesh option, you can define a default uniform element size (mm). For the Custom Nonuniform Mesh option, you can define:
  • Min. element size
  • Max element size
  • Chordal deviation: Enter the perpendicular distance between the actual curve and the approximating line segments.
  • Feature angle: Enter the angle between the element normals.
Smooth the flat blank edges Enable this option to smooth the mesh boundaries when the blank is created.
Select all free edges for drawbead by default Enable this option to automatically highlight all free edges so that you can easily select them when creating drawbeads.

Analysis Legend Colors Description
For each result type Choose the legend colors for plotting results.

Blank Nesting

Blank Nesting Preference Description
  • Max Coil Width
  • Min Coil Width
  • Coil Pitch
  • Part to Part Gap
  • Part to Edge Gap
  • Carrier Width
  • Part to Carrier Gap
 Enter a value.
Note: If no value is entered, the coil width and pitch are optimized for maximum material utilization.
  • Part to Edge Gap
  • Sheet Width
  • Sheet Length
 Enter a value.
Note: Sheet width and length are required for nesting on a given sheet stock.
Top # of Results Top number of results to published in the report.
Export nested layout in .dxf file format Set the export format to .dxf.
Costing Preference Description
Currency Choose the monetary currency by country.

Tryout

Preference Description
Disable Tryout ribbon on startup if license permits By default, the Tryout ribbon is enabled. Choose to disable it if you want to reduce the number of units drawn.
Setup Preference Description
Automatic tool positioning Enable this option to automatically position the tools and blank relative to the bottom die during manual or automatic identification. This option is selected by default.
Tool offset factor (*thickness) Default factor for automatic tool creation, spacer, and tool close position.
Analysis Preference Description
Run in model directory Enable this option if you want to store run history in the directory where the model is located rather than the run history path.
Run history path Enter a default path to the directory where the run history is saved.
Marginal draft angle Enter a value for the marginal undercut draft angle. The default value set by Inspire Form is 2.
Element size Choose from these options:
  • Coarse: default
  • Medium
  • Fine
  • Custom: Enter a value for the element size.
  • Adaptive: Enter a value for the minimum element size and the maximum adaptive level. During the forming process, this option refines the mesh to the maximum level that is specified in order to capture all of the features of the die geometry. The elements are refined to the minimum element size that is specified.
Geometry cleanup Select this option to remove imprints and duplicate surfaces and edges before running a simulation.
Solver run mode Choose:
  • MPI: Message Passage Interface (default) runs on all of the physical cores in your system.
  • SMP: Symmetric Multiprocessing runs on all of the processors in your system.
Number of local CPU cores Select Custom to enter a value to specify the number of CPU cores allocated to run an analysis.
Remote Server Description
Number of CPU cores Enter a value to specify the number of CPU cores the server allocates to run an analysis. Default = 16.
Number of CPU cores per node Enter a value to specify the number of CPU cores per node that exist in the remote server. Default = 16.
Memory allocated to the solver (MB) Memory the server allocates to run an analysis. Default = 8000.
Analysis Legend Colors Description
For each result type Choose the legend colors for plotting results.

Die Design

Preference Description
Studio executable Enter the path to the Studio executable.