Tutorial: Plate Die Creation

Tutorial Level: Beginner Learn how to create Plate Die from custom profile shapes.

Open the Tutorial Model

Before you begin, copy the file(s) used in this tutorial to your working directory.
  1. From the menu bar, select File > Open.
  2. Browse to your working directory, select L_PlateDie.iep, and click Open.

    The model should appear in the Inspire Extrude window.

Orient the Bodies

  1. Click the Plate Die ribbon.
  2. Click the Orient icon.

  3. On the model, click the exit surface.

Create Loft Bodies

  1. Click the Loft icon.


  2. Select the start profile and end profile.


  3. Select the New Part option.
  4. Click the Apply icon to create the lofted part.
  5. Repeat the steps for all surfaces from inlet, intermediate to exit face.




Create Die

  1. Click the Create Die icon.


  2. Select the lofted bodies (flow volume bodies) created previously.
  3. Select the Plate Cross Section face.


  4. Click the Apply icon to create the die.


    Note: The number of plates generated will be equal to the number of the lofted bodies (or the flow volume bodies) selected.