Ansys Forming is an all-in-one forming simulation software built to digitally design and validate every step of the sheet metal forming process with speed and accuracy.
Ansys Forming simulates all metal stamping tasks through an end-to-end workflow that allows you to perform the entire die process in a single platform, with the fastest solve time. With Ansys Forming you can achieve optimal performance, maintain speed and accuracy, and enhance your productivity and cost savings by reducing die cuts and redesign.
Powered by the LS-DYNA solver, Ansys Forming offers a comprehensive platform to meet all your metal stamping needs. Able to monitor each stage with presets, including feasibility, formability, and springback, Ansys Forming advances early stage and detailed design configurations.
July 2025
With the 2025 R2 release of Ansys Forming, one-step analysis, better drawbead force prediction, and new material models improve forming accuracy and workflow efficiency.
Accelerate early-stage simulation with the new One-Step analysis in Ansys Forming. Featuring pad control, automatic remeshing, and part repositioning, it provides a fast and efficient method for estimating forming history and optimizing processes before running full incremental simulations.
A new method enhances the calculation of restraining and uplift forces for 2D drawbeads, providing instant and accurate force predictions. This enhancement significantly increases the accuracy of incremental forming history, supporting more reliable and efficient sheet metal forming simulations.
The updated material library now supports kinematic hardening models and allows for the direct input of test data for the Barlat 2000 yield criterion. These enhancements enable accurate simulation of forming history for a broader range of materials, thereby improving reliability across diverse forming applications.
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