FTI FormingSuite
Reduce sheet metal spend and tooling costs
FTI FormingSuite is the premier cost engineering, early feasibility, and virtual process validation software for sheet metal components. It empowers engineers to design quality products the first time, optimizing material and tooling costs.
Benefits And Features
Optimize design, feasibility and costing of sheet metal components.
Cost Engineering
Establish and optimize target costs of pieces and tooling, with a detailed process plan for quoting, including high-quality images to detail die actions in each operation.
Early Feasibility
Accurately identify safety zone, FLD, material thinning, gathering conditions, major/minor strain, springback and provides compensation data.
Design Quality Products the First Time
Identify product design changes that improve material utilization and reduce costs.
Training and Resources
Take advantage of various learning opportunities
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Frequently Asked Questions
How to configure FTI FormingSuite to use MSCOne Licensing?
FTI FormingSuite does work with MSCOne licensing. However, additional manual configuration steps are required. With a default installation, FTI FormingSuite will only look for a conventional FTI license. This article outlines the required steps.
How do I resolve errors when generating MS Excel reports from FTI FormingSuite?
This article explains how to resolve the error message "Programmatic access to Office VBA project is denied" or "Error 1004 - Programmatic access to the Visual Basic Project is not trusted" when creating reports from FTI FormingSuite.
What to do if FTI FormingSuite freezes or crashes when opening, creating new projects, or displaying results plots, or runs slowly?
FTI FormingSuite should not crash during opening, new project creation, closing projects or when displaying results. Slow graphics performance, model rotation and/or slow overall performance may also be caused by the same issue. This article will discuss how to remedy this issue.
How do I address problems installing or starting the FTI license server (non-MSCOne)?
This article outlines a number of potential solutions to problems starting an FTI license server for a floating FTI FormingSuite license.
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