Bring your class outside!
An Outside Play Tool for Teachers
Have you thought about taking your class outdoors?
We’re here to help!
Have you thought about taking your class outdoors?
We’re here to help!
Learn to apply realistic drawbead forces to control material flow during the drawing process.
Mastering AutoForm through structured training and video tutorials is a definitive way to elevate your expertise in sheet metal forming. By moving from basic process engineering to advanced springback compensation and optimization, you transform from a software operator into a highly valuable manufacturing strategist. If you want to tailor your learning path further, tell me:
To get the most out of AutoForm training and video tutorials:
Set up the stroke distance and target velocity of the press slide. 4. Evaluation of Results Run the solver and load the results file.
Short 2-to-5-minute videos focusing on a single tool (e.g., "How to define a variable drawbead" or "Setting up a progressive die strip layout"). Use these to solve immediate bottlenecks during live projects. Key Visual Concepts to Watch For When watching video tutorials, pay close attention to: autoform training and video tutorial
Successfully simulate a simple cup draw or a symmetric bracket. For Intermediate Users Focus: Multi-stage Process Design.
AutoForm provides a structured educational path tailored to different professional roles and skill levels.
Accurate simulations reduce the physical modifications needed on the shop floor.
: Import, tipping, and running a basic "formability check". Die Face Mastering : Manual vs. automatic binder creation. Learn to apply realistic drawbead forces to control
The Forming Limit Diagram is your primary diagnostic tool. Learn to read the safe, marginal, and split zones accurately.
A complete training regimen should cover the core software ecosystem. Focus your learning on these essential modules: 1. AutoForm-FormingSolver
Run the solver and interpret basic results (Forming Limit Diagrams, thinning, and wrinkling). Phase 3: Multi-Stage Process Design Advance to progressive die and transfer press simulation.
Mastering AutoForm simulation requires a blend of structured training and self-driven exploration with video tutorials. The official training pathway is the most comprehensive route to professional certification and deep expertise. However, the wealth of free video tutorials available online provides an excellent, flexible way to build practical skills quickly. If you want to tailor your learning path
Always run the video tutorial on one screen while actively replicating the steps in the AutoForm software on the second screen.
The most reliable and comprehensive way to learn is directly through AutoForm’s official training centers. They offer structured courses ranging from "Forming Basics" to specialized workshops like "Progressive Dies" or "Bi-metal Simulation."
To formally validate your skills, AutoForm Group offers the . Achieving certification can be a significant milestone in your professional career.
: Identifying and repairing open gaps, intersecting faces, or distorted surfaces.
To help find or build the right training content, let me know:
In this 16-part video series created as part of the Teacher Tool, we explore themes and modules with educators across Canada who have deep experience in outdoor play and learning.
Find the conversations under the second tab - labelled “Resources” - of each individual module. For example, Creating Yes! Spaces – Megan Zeni in conversation with Frances McCoubrey.
Collaborate with your colleagues to discuss modules in a study group or lunch and learn format
Outdoor play is different from indoor play as it tends to involve children feeling more freedom, being more physically active, moving their bodies in different ways, and playing differently than they would inside. The outdoors can offer more variety of play environments and loose parts (e.g., sticks, rocks, buckets, sand, crates) to move around, allowing their imagination to shape their play. Children need daily outdoor play opportunities for their development, physical health, and well-being.
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Best-selling author of Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths. Juliet is a pioneer in the outdoor learning field, an early adopter of curricular learning outdoors, and prolific contributor to policy documents across Europe. Learn more about the history and intent of outdoor play and learning in schools from a legendary teacher, whose work this tool is built on!
