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FIGURE 7.4<br />

Final punch shapes selected by modifying the strips in Figure 7.3(b).<br />

of the two adjacent edges to the fillet. The strips are generated for the new edges. Finally, the<br />

filleted corners are re-introduced to the punch shape.<br />

• The edge of the punch that is adjacent to the edge of a workpiece is the cutting edge. The punch<br />

clearance is automatically applied to this edge.<br />

• Overlap allowance is automatically applied to the non-cutting (unbounded) edge to prevent blurr<br />

formation.<br />

These punch shape modification commands can be used to select the final punches required to st<strong>amp</strong><br />

out the external profile of a workpiece. Figure 7.4 shows how the strips initially generated to st<strong>amp</strong> out<br />

the part shown in Figure 7.3a can be modified into practical punch shapes.<br />

The strip approach has the tendency to produce too many notching punches. In addition, it does not<br />

take into consideration the relative location of the center of pressure of the notch contour to the shape of<br />

the punch. Hence, there is a need for the user to retain control in the final selection of the punch shapes.<br />

This can be achieved by providing a set of punch shape modification commands for the user to modify the<br />

strips to meet his requirements. Some of the functions of punch shape modification commands required are<br />

• Automatic calculation and display of the center of pressure of a notch contour relative to the shape<br />

of the punch<br />

• Combination of two or more neighboring shapes into one<br />

• Stretching selected edges of a shape by an offset distance<br />

• Spiltting a larger shape into two smaller ones<br />

• Automatic generation of a shape based on boundaries defined by the users.<br />

The complex task of punch shape decomposition is reduced by dividing the process into smaller,<br />

manageable subtasks where the computer concentrates on the number-crunching geometry processing<br />

tasks while the designer concentrates on making decisions to guide the system towards an optimum<br />

solution. This generate-then-modify approach appears to be an efficient tool to solve the progressive die<br />

design automation problem. It helps to eliminate the tedious construction and calculation chores associated<br />

with the traditional approach and hence allows the designer to concentrate on selecting the<br />

optimum shapes.

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