Tutorial: Plate Die Creation

Learn how to create Plate Die from custom profile shapes.

Open the Tutorial Model

Data files are available in the tutorial_models folder in the installation directory in Program Files\Altair\2024\InspireExtrudePolymer2024.1\tutorial_models\extrudepolymer\tutorial-5\.

Open the L_PlateDie.iep tutorial model file from the file menu or by dragging and dropping the file into the Inspire Extrude window.

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.