What is Ansys Forming?: Sheet Metal Forming Simulation Software

Sheet metal forming simulation has greatly evolved over the last 25 years. Simulation of the entire deep drawing process including trimming, flanging and springback is a standard procedure at most automotive OEMs and tool shops.

Using LS-DYNA, one of the most accurate solvers for sheet metal forming, still needs some expert knowledge, which makes it difficult to use for method engineers in their day-to-day work. Therefore, Ansys is developing a dedicated application for sheet metal forming simulation, “Ansys Forming”. Ansys Forming is an easy-to-use GUI for setting up and analyzing a sheet metal forming simulation without expert knowledge of LS-DYNA.

This presentation will demonstrate the current features of Ansys Forming and the new LS-DYNA solver enhancements for sheet metal forming.