progressive die extrension

any user of this extension?
is it a benefit?
is it reliable?

 

i work in a die tooling engineering department and we don t use it at
all, even nobody doesn t know pdx... except me at the moment.
i m new in my company and i m also the new cad support.
is pdx really down the time of study?
is it simple for "old" user to use?
does it change the manner of working?(<- this question is because the
boss of the department is very old fashion, he asked me to tweak
wildfire to be closed as possible to 2001)

 

PDX required working knowledge of Pro/E. It's supported by R2001, WF1.0,
WF2.0 and WF3.0.

If your company has maintenance contract you may request 90 day evaluation
license. During eval period you may call tech support anytime. When calling
tech support choose Manufacturing option.

 

This is a brief introduction. I haven't used it but I know it contains efficiency
features like all the other specialized modules. For example, you create the strip
first based on a folded process model. You incorporate different process states
into the strip, the last being the fully folded part, then working backwards. The
tool will be built in accordance with the strip, number of stations depending on
number of process steps ~ blanking, punching, forming, coining, bending, parting.
These can be captured in the model and "unfolded" in the strip.

In addition, resources are provided for design efficiency with libraries of die
sets from major manufacturers like DME and Danly. When these are used, they come
with parameters filled in that identify mfg p/n for BOM/ordering information.
Other standard die hardware libraries are provided, also with ordering information
supplied that will automatically fill in BOMs.