Mj. Nategh et M. Bakhshi, AXIFORGE - A PC-BASED FORGING DESIGN PROGRAM FOR COMPUTER-INTEGRATED ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTS, International journal of computer applications in technology, 11(1-2), 1998, pp. 33-44
A CAD program for an integrated engineering system in forging industri
es should be able to deal with various aspects of forging die design a
nd forging post processes, and to exchange data with other software co
mmonly employed within the system. Data flow patterns and data exchang
e standards required for integration of different engineering activiti
es in forges are examined and an account of a forging CAD program, AXI
FORGE, developed by the authors for integrated environments is present
ed in this paper. AXIFORGE includes all design procedures related to f
inishing and preforming operations and post processes such as trimming
and punching functions.