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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/one_step_formability_analysis.gif" border="0"> Use the <b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> command for FEM based Sheet Metal forming analysis. You can use the command to perform complete or intermediate unforming, or to flatten a Sheet Metal part. You can also use it to calculate thinning, stress, strain and springback, to predict the risk of forming. The flattened profile is produced as spline curves and analysis results are post-processed and displayed in a color-coded plot mode. The analysis report is generated based on the subsequent results.
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      <p class="para_topic">Use <b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> to do the following:
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            <p class="para_item">Quickly output the flattened profile for both intermediate unforming or complete part unforming.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Define different constraint types, both geometry and process, to control unforming.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Predict the risk of forming up to front with the results of thinning, stress, strain and springback.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Perform &ldquo;What If&rdquo; scenarios based on forming condition change.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the Modeling application, choose <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Vehicle Design Automation</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Body Design</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the Modeling application, choose <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Vehicle Manufacturing Automation</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Die Engineering</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Body Design</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/one_step_formability_analysis.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">On the <b class="uiTerm">Die Engineering</b> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/one_step_formability_analysis.gif" border="0">.
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Start</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">All Applications</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Progressive Die Wizard</b>. On the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Tools</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/toolbars/wizards/progressive_die_wizard/sheet_metal_tools.gif" border="0"> toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/one_step_formability_analysis.gif" border="0">.
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