AutoForm CATIA-embedded R7 for CATIA V5R19

AutoForm CATIA-embedded R7 for CATIA V5R19 is an integrated solution from AutoForm that brings sheet metal forming feasibility and process engineering directly into the CATIA V5 R19 environment. It enables product and tool engineers to evaluate manufacturability, design die faces, and optimize forming processes without leaving CATIA, reducing data translation and accelerating iteration cycles.

Key capabilities

• Native CATIA integration: Runs as an embedded workbench within CATIA V5R19, working directly on CATIA parts, surfaces, and parameters with associativity preserved.
• Fast feasibility simulation: Uses AutoForm’s proven solver to quickly assess forming outcomes early in design.
• Formability analysis: Predicts thinning, splits, and wrinkling with strain, thickness, and safety-factor color maps and reporting.
• Process design: Supports definition of binder conditions, draw direction, addendum, drawbeads, and trim lines for realistic process setup.
• Blank development: Estimates and refines blank outlines to support planning and cost estimation.
• Springback: Predicts springback and applies compensation; exports compensated surfaces back into CATIA for downstream tooling.
• Results visualization: Displays analysis results within CATIA for immediate design decisions and easy communication.
• Templates and reuse: Enables repeatable study setups to standardize methods across programs.
• Material data: Works with material databases covering common steels and aluminum grades used in stamping.
• Interoperability: Facilitates data exchange with other AutoForm R7 applications in broader forming workflows.

Benefits

• Detects manufacturability risks early to avoid costly late changes.
• Shortens die engineering and tryout by enabling rapid virtual iteration.
• Keeps geometry and analysis in one place, minimizing translation errors.
• Supports consistent methods and results across teams and programs.

Typical use cases

• Automotive body panels, closures, and structural components.
• Appliance and industrial sheet metal parts requiring draw/form operations.

Compatibility and requirements

• Designed for CATIA V5R19.
• Requires a compatible AutoForm R7 license. For detailed platform, hardware, and OS support, refer to AutoForm’s system requirements for the specific release.

AutoForm CATIA-embedded R7 for CATIA V5R19 is developed by AutoForm. The most popular version of this product among our users is 7.0.