| Issue | Likely Cause | Solution | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Interference (dies penetrating billet at Step 0) | Move the dies apart in CAD, or use Inter-object -> Positioning to separate them. | | Mesh tears apart / Negative Jacobians | Step size too large. | Halve your Step size per stroke (e.g., from 0.075mm to 0.0375mm). | | Load is 1,000,000 tons (unrealistic) | Material is defined in tons/mm² but your units are wrong. | Check Simulation Controls -> Units before running. | | Billet flies away | Forgot to set friction. Frictionless metal slides infinitely. | Set Friction: Shear 0.12 . |

Setting up a professional simulation follows a structured pipeline from data preparation to result analysis. Project Initialization & Geometry

Set the velocity of the top die (e.g., 10 mm/s downward).

Before starting, ensure your computer meets the minimum specifications. DEFORM 3D requires adequate processor power, sufficient RAM (typically 8 GB or more for complex 3D simulations), and a compatible graphics card for smooth post‑processing visualization. The installation package is straightforward: download the installer from the official Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation (SFTC) website, follow the setup wizard, and configure your license (standalone or network version). After installation, perform the initial configuration, including setting default working directories and loading material databases, to prepare for your first simulation.

Extract "Load vs. Stroke" graphs to determine the press capacity required for the actual manufacturing process.

After the simulation completes, it’s time to look at the data.

Before running the "Simulation Engine," configure the time-stepping parameters:

Turn on the Flaws tracking feature. If the surface of the metal folds over on itself during deformation, DEFORM will flag it as a lap.

: Set the simulation time step. A common practice for rotating tools like drills is roughly 1∘1 raised to the composed with power of rotation per time step. 5. Inter-Object Relationships

Apply thermal and mechanical boundary conditions.

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Scriptcase Environment & Security

Performance and Security have always been two areas with high priority in Scriptcase development, in the new version we will do a huge and important changes in the environment of Scriptcase and also in security options.

• PHP 7.0 Support;
• PDO drivers update (SQL Server, MySQL);
• Addition of the PDO Dlib drive for SQL Server;
• Addition of the new MySQLi drive for MySQL connections;
• SSL for secure connections with MySQL;
• New Apache version 2.4.25;
• 32 and 64-bit architecture for windows installers;
• WKHTMLtoPDF library update;
• Fusion Chart library update;
• Automatic converters to projects developed in versions 7 and 8/8.1, i.e. projects of these version will be compatible with version 9;
• Production environment for generated applications approved for PHP 5.6 and 7.
Click Here to see a complete conversion tutorial.
• Added support for .tgz formats in the deploy generation.

Security module

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• Social login option with Google, Facebook and Twitter generate automatically by Scriptcase security module;
• New encryption options for login application password field (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512);
• Security module integration with the new option of free-form control with templates responsive to login screen;
• Component update for automatic generation of captcha function to the login screen generated by Scriptcase security module;
• Option to assign more than one group for users created by Scriptcase security module;
• Creation of a new "default group" in the security module group table (in that group will be added new users that enter through the new user form generated by the module or by social login option);
• New option of integration with LDAP and groups creating on the Scriptcase users administration environment (development environment).
• Added Google reCAPTCHA v2 integration in creating the security module.
• Added Google reCAPTCHA v2 integration in form, control, and calendar application security.

Security module

Click to watch an example

• Social login option with Google, Facebook and Twitter generate automatically by Scriptcase security module;
• New encryption options for login application password field (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512);
• Security module integration with the new option of free-form control with templates responsive to login screen;
• Component update for automatic generation of captcha function to the login screen generated by Scriptcase security module;
• Option to assign more than one group for users created by Scriptcase security module;
• Creation of a new "default group" in the security module group table (in that group will be added new users that enter through the new user form generated by the module or by social login option);
• New option of integration with LDAP and groups creating on the Scriptcase users administration environment (development environment).
• Added Google reCAPTCHA v2 integration in creating the security module.
• Added Google reCAPTCHA v2 integration in form, control, and calendar application security.