对汽车零部件企业，在钣金冲压件分析和成本优化方面有一套世界领先的软件解决方案——来自加拿大的FTI（Forming Technologies Intanc），世界领先的冲压成形性分析和成本计算软件。
成立于1989年的加拿大成形技术公司（FTI®）是世界领先的钣金软件解决方案的供应商，FTI 所开发的Forming Suite软件主要应用于钣金设计、可行性分析和钣金零部件成本计算。
FTI软件每年都在不断的进行更新，目前FTI6.0版在原来软件的基础上增加了新的功能，如级进模排样等。
在过去的18年里，FTI为汽车、航空航天、电子及器械等工业领域的OEM厂商和供应商提供了创新的解决方案, 大大缩短了开发时间和节省了材料成本。
除了优秀的产品，FTI还提供了国际一流的冲压成形、模具设计和焊接培训教程，经其培训的认证工程师超过12000名。
FTI 通过全球代理网络提供销售和技术服务。
FTI解决方案是世界公认的成本计算和成形可行性分析的国际标准。
从产品概念到冲压成形，成形技术软件解决方案可以为客户节省数百万美元。
通过应用FTI软件，在几分钟内就可以完成金属冲压成形模拟，坯料形状预测，坯料排样以及成本计算。
FTI 的主要产品 Forming Suite 是一个多功能的产品，可以方便配置满足不同客户的使用需求，包括钣料设计、成形仿真、板材排样、材料成本估算以及成本优化。
FTI 将其 FASTBLANK、FASTFORM、FASTFORM Advanced、BLANKNEST、COSTOPTIMIZER、COSTOPTIMIZER Advanced 等产品均内嵌到CATIA 中。
FTI Forming Suite 2019.1.0 (Build 24201.3) | 382.1 mbForming Technologies (FTI) announced the worldwide release of the FormingSuite 2019 Feature Pack 1.
Designed for sheet metal cost estimators, design engineers, tooling designers, and advanced planning engineers in the automotive, aerospace, consumer product and electronics industries, this feature pack introduces numerous enhancements that ensure the best quality results and performance for all users.
FTI FormingSuite 2019 Feature Pack 1 Release Notes – Date: 02 July 2019Overall changes to the software’s workbenches and processes allow for Material Utilization (MUL) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) concepts to fully be realized.
These concepts help customers reduce material waste through virtual tryouts replacing test stampings and addressing formability issues that could threaten the integrity of a part long before the part makes it to the shop floor.
New blanking processes in the software allow parts to be nested and created faster, and with much less waste than before, by considering multiple factors in the stamping process.
Changes to pilot holes and addendum features integrate real world solutions into the digital process, allowing for increased accuracy, and robust parts and operations.
With this latest release, FormingSuite’s ProcessPlanner module continues to add support for the most specialized processes in sheet metal forming.
The Line Die Plan workbench now allows users to detail the process for blanking in multiple operations (for both inline and offline blanking).
This new capability improves the visual description of the blanking process as well as the die load, die cost, die size and die weight calculations.
New options for the calculation of cam costs increase flexibility and provide more precise estimates for custom and standard cams for progressive dies and line dies.
Rounding out the changes to this workbench, a new display option in the ProgDie Process summary display shows the die size along with the process layout.
The COSTOPTIMIZER module now boasts substantial improvements in nesting solver speed as well as two new display options to show carrier condition and the 3D part along with the layout.
Cost Optimization of nesting layouts now allows users to choose if the part is cropped while maintaining the addendum offset, or if the addendum is cut without affecting the part.
This change gives users the tools needed to effectively evaluate material cost savings opportunities on parts formed with addendum.
Extending upon FormingSuite’s unique capabilities for introducing and evaluating web and carrier geometry, the pilot hole tool now provides the option of adding material around pilot holes as is common in real world strip designs.
This allows engineers to ensure the integrity of their strip layouts in the software and on the shop floor.
Finally, significant updates have been made to trimming in FastIncremental.
Automatic mesh refinement during trimming ensures that results of trim operations are precise.
Automatic trimming now provides quicker solutions and more accurate results.
Product:FTI FormingSuiteVersion:2019.1.0 Build 24201.3Supported Architectures:x64Language:multilanguageSystem Requirements:PC *Supported Operating Systems:*Size:342.3 mb
