progressive die extrension

yes

yes

most of the time

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?(

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.

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.