LogoPress DieDesign PREMIUM
LogoPress—with over 30 years of die design software development and feedback from customers—builds upon SOLIDWORKS, adding all the necessary tools and options that die designers need to help automate the die design, debug and build processes. LogoPress DieDesign software provides a mature and systematic workflow for tool design—with a special focus on die design—while adding consistency between designs and designers. LogoPress makes die design in SOLIDWORKS economical, fast and efficient—while at the same time practically eliminating mechanical debugging.
LogoPress DieDesign PREMIUM is an all-inclusive, turn-key package for all aspects of complex die design. PREMIUM expands on the standard DieDesign software by adding a number of partial unforming tools to help produce the intermediate stages of complex, double curved, and other automotive, electrical, and medical style parts. ProgSim can be added to either of these packages (DieDesign or DieDesign PREMIUM) to provide sheet metal forming simulation capabilities to prove that your design will work when steel is finally cut. Everything on this page is included as part of the DieDesign PREMIUM package.
Partial Unforming Tools
Includes a collection of tools for partially unforming a part that contains double-curved geometry. In many cases, these tools help to dramatically speed up the creation of the intermediate stages of the part that will get progressively formed. Learn More
The rest of the items listed below are all included as part of both DieDesign packages.
The StripLayout and Flatten modules can be purchased separatelyfor users who do not need to design dies, jigs, fixtures, or other special machines. These smaller packages can be incredibly useful for anyone in the quoting role.
Intelligent Catalog Components
Insert everything from screws to nitrogen, including the correct part number, mounting hardware, and clearances in just a few clicks. Over 200,000 individual components to choose from. Never misalign a hole again. Learn More
StripLayout
The StripLayout module can be used for both progressive dies and for transfer dies. It allows quick modeling of a true 3D strip in a very easy and logical way. Learn More
Flatten
Unbend parts incrementally to generate the stages of forming. Includes one-step Finite Element Analysis to quickly assess formability of parts. Learn More
Nest
Developed to optimize material usage in a strip layout, this tool can also be leveraged for nesting parts in a sheet, such as for a laser, or punches into a block for WEDM. Learn More
DIE DEBUGGER™
Put the tool into motion, and check for interferences dynamically as the press cycles and coil feeds. Catch design flaws early in the process! Watch Now
Beyond the systematic workflow, LogoPress provides a number of tools to optimize SOLIDWORKS for die designers. These items are included exclusively with the LogoPress DieDesign software packages. This functionality may not be as groundbreaking as some of the above tools, but are the little details that take the product from 'good' to 'great'. After all, this is software for die designers, created by die designers.
See it in action:
Progressive Unforming Tools
(110 seconds) Progressive Blank Companion, now known as Progressive Unforming Tools, is used to unform or partially unform only a portion of a complex shaped part. This can be done tangent to the selected boundary edge or up to a user specified surface body. Play video
Improved 2D Drawings
(47:55) SOLIDWORKS drawings are significantly enhanced with LogoPress “Tool & Die” Hole Tables, LogoPress Smart Ordinate Dimensions, LogoPress “Bill of Materials” (BOM) and multiple methods of Automatic Drawings Creation. Play Now
Tool Structure
(1:00) Tool Structure is the interface where the plates and assemblies of the die are assembled. Some of the tools included are: insert/delete plates, manage custom properties of plates (populating the BOM), manage mates, change plate dimensions and user defined project name (job number) automatically added to file names. Play Now
Filters
(0:37) Easily display any combination of the upper/middle/lower sub-assemblies by clicking on one of the LogoPress filter icons. Toggle the strip assembly between hidden or shown with a single click. Play Video
Save As... With New Project Name
“Save as with new project name” is used to create a new and completely independent copy of a tool assembly (including all parts and drawings), allowing the user to create a completely new and independent die design from the first in what is oftentimes a small fraction of the time it took to design the first one.
Punch Mounting
(1:13) Punch mounting “mounts” the punches that are in the strip assembly into the upper tool assembly and automatically creates the openings with clearances in the appropriate plates. The mounted punch and the related plate openings can be easily and quickly deleted by selecting it and clicking the “delete” option. Play Video
Die Inserts
(1:41) LogoPress Add An Insert will quickly create and add an insert into a tool assembly, along with the opening in the plate. A shim under the insert is also optional. The opening can go all the way through the plate or a pocket at a desired depth can be created. Two modes are available, Part Mode (created from scratch) and Split Mode (split from existing geometry). Play Video
Punch Locking Tabs
(1:28) Various sized and shaped locking tabs can be automatically created along with simultaneously adding the groove in the punch as well as the screw and the tapped hole. Play Video
Wire EDM Start Holes
(1:04) Start holes can be created through a stack of several plates all at once or through a single plate. LogoPress Hole Tables recognize wire EDM start holes and call them out as such. Five different types of wire EDM start holes can be created depending on your CAM system requirements. Play Video