Additional User Inputs

You can control the values listed below by modifying Process Setup Options, cost model variables, or toolshop variables.

To access Process Setup Options for a given process, right click the process in the Manufacturing Process pane, and select Process Setup Options from the context menu.

The following options control the addition of extra space (for various purposes) around blanks, between blanks, and between blanks and the coil edge:

• Press Carrier Strip Type: controls type and number of carrier strips.

• Single Edge Carrier Strip Width: adds material for carrier strip.

• Double Edge Carrier Strip Width: adds material for carrier strips.

• Press French Stop: adds space for a French stop.

• Width of Addendum Added to Blank Size [per side]: adds material for holding during stamping.

• Trim Strip Applied to Length and Width of Part: adds space for cutting a part without damaging adjacent parts.

• Pitch Margin Adder for Center Carrier Strip Type: adds space for pilot holes in a center-type carrier strip

• Coil Pitch: supersedes the PSOs above to specify pitch dimension of blank plus extra space.

• Coil Width: supersedes the PSOs above to specify pitch dimension of blank plus extra space.

• Maximum Strip Width: constrains coil width.

• Minimum Strip Width: constrains coil width.

The following additional options are provided:

 Number of Parts Stamped Concurrently

 Blank XY Orientation within Part Strip

 Pierce Before or After Forms