This function is used to simulate the contour of blank thickness during forming to estimate the forming quality. The program displays a control window, as shown in Figure 8.7.1. Refer to Section 8.1 and 8.2 for the description of other buttons.

Figure 8.7.1  Thickness Control Window

The user may select THICKNESS, THICKNESS STRAIN, THINNING (CURRENT) or THINNING from the drop down menu to animate the thickness, thickness strain, thinning (current) or thinning of the blank. For thickness contour, the program automatically switches to REVERSE CONTOUR BAR mode for plotting. Red represents thinning and blue represents thickness.

NOTE:  The user can define the thickness range or thinning range according to the requirements. The area over the defined range is in dark color.

A simple plot of thickness and thinning contours is shown in Figure 8.7.2 and Figure 8.7.3 respectively.

Figure 8.7.2  Thickness Contour

 

 

Figure 8.7.3  Thinning Contour