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Overview of the functionality of the COPRA® MetalBender family
For AutoCAD

COPRA® MetalBender Solver
- Calculation of neutral line according to DIN
- Material properties
- Maschine dependent correction factors
- Use company specific know how
- Calculation of overbend angle and -radii
- Bothsided flat pattern calculation
- Take break-through objects into account
- Optimize points of intersection curves
- User defined punching tools
- No training cost
COPRA® MetalBender 3D
- User friendly handling
- Exact and fast flat pattern calculation including all punch holes etc.
- Design in 2D, automatic conversion into 3D
- Powerful editing tools
- Comfortable 2D-view creation of solid models
- Automatic dimensioning of the flat pattern and of all selected 2D views
- Optimisation of the flat pattern data for easy NC-programming
COPRA® MetalBender HVAC
- Easy to use
- Parametric 2D and 3D unfolding library
- Quick modification by entering new parameters
- Calculation of blanks - with all intersection curves
- Curves represented as continuous lines or arcs
- NC programming interface
- Genius compatible
For Inventor®

COPRA® MetalBender TD-i
- Automatic creation of sheet metal parts
- All designed parts are fully parametric
- Automatic creation of the corresponding assembly
- Flat pattern calculation for each individual part
- All parameters of the flat pattern calculation for each individual part are pre-set.
COPRA® MetalBender Analyser-i
- Flat pattern calculation directly inside the Inventor workflow, no external add-on package, no need for data conversion
- Unfolding of solids created inside Inventor®
- Unfolding of sharp-edged transitions
- Automatic unfolding with or without bending technology (Calculation of the shortening factor or K-factor)
- Shown in the unfolder window in Inventor® and exportable as a separate design
- Corner and bending zone relief cuts
- Interface for Cybelec / Delem / ToPs
- Calculation mode according to DIN, machine data and position of the neutral line
- Automatic calculation of the overbend angles taking the material's spring-back characteristics into account (can be chosen according to various methods)
- Intersection point optimisation for laser manufacture can be selected
- Smoothening of the unfolding
- Transfer as DXF file to NC programs
- Automatic corner recognition also for solids imported from other CAD-systems
- Associativity solid-unfolding
- Selection of bending tools for the design process
- Flat pattern meets manufacturing standards