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Feasibility Setup and Simulation
Perform Feasibility, Blank Fit, and Blank Nesting analyses.
Prepare
These geometry tools are used frequently when prearing models for forming analysis, and have been placed on the Feasibility ribbon for convenience.
Extract Faces
Use the tools on the Extract Faces icon to midsurface thin solid parts and create surfaces from a skin.

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Feasibility Setup and Simulation
Perform Feasibility, Blank Fit, and Blank Nesting analyses.
- Prepare
  These geometry tools are used frequently when prearing models for forming analysis, and have been placed on the Feasibility ribbon for convenience.
  - Extract Faces
    Use the tools on the Extract Faces icon to midsurface thin solid parts and create surfaces from a skin.
    - Midsurface
      Extract a midsurface or side faces from thin solids, and determine where surfaces are represented.
    - Create Surface from Skin
      Use the Create Surface from Skin tool to extract a surface from a skin.
  - Defeature the Model
    Use the Defeature tool to remove flanges, holes, and cutouts from geometry.
  - Define as Design Part
    Save the part geometry in its current state, appointing it as a designed part ready to be manufactured.
- Setup
  Apply materials, orient the stamping direction, and apply constraints.
- Run
- Blank Layout
- Redesign
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Open any part in Studio to design the die, and import the die face design into Inspire Form from Studio.
Tryout Setup and Simulation
Perform tryout analyses to validate die designs.
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Trim Angle Analysis
Analyze the trim angle of the free edges of the part with reference to the draw direction.
Simulation Results
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Extract Faces

Use the tools on the Extract Faces icon to midsurface thin solid parts and create surfaces from a skin.

Location: Feasibility ribbon, Prepare group