Trimming an already Trimmed Blank

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

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I am having trouble trimming a blank. 

 

I formed a blank, trimmed it, formed it again, and need to trim a second time before continuing with the next stage.  When I try to trim the already trimmed blank the second time, I get segmentation crashes.  I can trim areas that have not yet been trimmed no problem, but when I try to trim an area that had already been trimmed once before, it either crashes or it messes up the elements around the trimline.

 

Is it possible to trim a blank in an area that has already been trimmed once before in a previous stage ?

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  • GAJENDRA KUMAR NHAICHANIYA
    GAJENDRA KUMAR NHAICHANIYA Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Hello B3N___1,

    It is possible to trim blank many time as u want. One of best & easiest option for trimming is available in Main Menu - Setup - Advance - trimming.

    There u need to choose some trim line & other parameters.

    In order to complete forming of below component (multistage forming) i trimmed it two time.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>Plate.jpg

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    Hi Gajendra

     

    Could you please show me a video of you setting up and then performing a trim operation on a component and then forming it after ?  I want to make sure I am doing this right.  Would be very much appreciated.

     

    Also, did your trims overlap each other ?  Like an area got trimmmed, then formed, then trimmed again ?  Thanks so much!

  • GAJENDRA KUMAR NHAICHANIYA
    GAJENDRA KUMAR NHAICHANIYA Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Hello B3N___1,

    For only trimming step i'm uploading video. please have a look.

     

    In my previous comment image i trimmed it 2 time and form it two time.

    Process sequence was -

    Forming1 - Trimming1 - Forming2 - Trimming2

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>image.thumb.png.1c4e057168a4a034594b04cdabd961b0.png

     

    This is my blank with 3mm elements.  The red is my trim line.  Notice when I trim, the elements around the trimline get smaller.  I noticed this doesn't happen with your example.  I should mention that I'm using Hyperform Solista v12.  Is this due to a setting ?  I'm wondering that perhaps whatever is causing this might be part of or the entire problem.

     

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  • GAJENDRA KUMAR NHAICHANIYA
    GAJENDRA KUMAR NHAICHANIYA Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Hello B3N___1,

    It is very obvious to change element size during trimming operation. In many case may adjacent elements are missing. However, in HW latest versions these things are improved.