Audience
OEMs and suppliers seeking a solution to optimize the design, feasibility and costing of sheet metal components
About FormingSuite
FormingSuite® is our premier software package for sheet metal forming. OEMs and suppliers worldwide use Formingsuite to optimize the design, feasibility, and cost of sheet metal components. FASTFORM® ADVANCED enables users to quickly and easily evaluate part and process feasibility as well as determine blank shape and spring back for sheet metal components. FASTIncremental enables users in all departments from cost, to design to the shop floor to quickly and easily evaluate part and process feasibility. COSTOPTIMIZER® is a software solution that enables Cost Engineers to develop quotations and estimates for piece part costs. Combines the power of FTI’s premier formability analysis, blank development, and blank nesting tools with specialized product cost management. FormingSuite® PROCESSPLANNER develops a detailed process plan for quoting from your 3D CAD design. It generates images to detail actions in each operation.
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Hexagon
Founded: 1989
Canada
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