Years of repetitive modeling, now 20 seconds
Give it a 2D die drawing with the layers set up correctly and Extrumat builds the 3D die set on its own. No dialogs, no clicks, no waiting at the screen. Results take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on die complexity.
Almost everything in a 3D die model is the same as the last one: legs, bolt and pin holes, the die set body, the welding chamber, the bearings. Designers rebuild that geometry every day. Extrumat does those steps automatically and hands back a die set that is already most of the way finished. Because the input is 2D, changes stay in 2D: adjust the drawing, rerun Extrumat, and the 3D die is regenerated in seconds. That is what makes it usable by people who do not model in 3D at all. Just 10 different layers are enough to build the entire die.
For a team modelling two dies a day, Extrumat saves around 3 full days per month.
Extrumat recognises contours by layer, so the drawing has to be clean and layered. The typical layers are the profile contour, bearing definition, portholes, die set outer contours and annotation. Existing DXF/DWG files usually need editing first; once your drawings are created in the required layer structure, no further rework is needed.
Challenge: 3D modelling took around 35 minutes per die. At that volume it filled the working week of two designers, and correction work always waited behind it.
Result: modelling time fell to around 5 minutes per die, roughly 300 hours saved a month, and two designers moved onto correction work full time.
Used by die makers and extruders on three continents, including some of the largest extruders in Europe and Japan.
Extrumat is a powerful ExtrusionPower module that automatically generates a 3D extrusion die model from a 2D extrusion die drawing.
Building the 3D model involves many repetitive modeling steps that have to be redone every day for every die. Extrumat performs these steps automatically and very fast, saving you time.
Extrumat only works with PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling CAD software. Its direct-modeling architecture is better suited to extrusion die modeling than other CAD software.
If you model two dies a day, it saves around 30 minutes per die, which adds up to roughly 3 full days a month.
Extrumat always produces a 3D model; the completion rate depends on the definitions in the 2D drawing and model complexity. The more that's modeled automatically, the less manual work remains.
Depending on model complexity, it takes between 5 seconds and a few minutes. For example, a solid die can complete in ~20 seconds, a bridge die in ~2 minutes.
No. You don't need 3D modeling knowledge, just a clean drawing (no overlapping lines, closed contours) organized into layers.
AutoCAD DXF/DWG format and Creo Drafting's MI format can be used. Since Extrumat recognizes contours through layers, correct layer structure matters.
Send us one of your own die drawings and watch Extrumat model it in the demo.
