Create and Save a PAM-STAMP 2025 Project

Let us create the project. Before you type “final” in the filename, remember that you may have another final version tomorrow. And another one after changing the blankholder force.

I would keep the name simple: hood_baseline, for example. It tells you what the model is and why you are saving it.

Creating the project

Open Project > New > Project. Choose the working folder, enter the name and select the standard stamping process with the AutoStamp solver for this learning path.

Add a short comment if useful, then create and save it. The supplied reference and worked example show slightly different dialog layouts, so follow the corresponding name, location, process and solver fields in your installed version.

You may also see Mesh and Inverse project types. Mesh is useful for CAD and mesh work. Inverse is a different analysis route, covered later in the series. For our forming simulation, we need AUTOSTAMP.

If the process controls you expect are missing, check the project type and current module before assuming the installation is broken.

How to keep a working copy

Now comes a small file-management detail. The .psp file identifies the project, but it is not the whole study packed into one file.

Open Project Management, select the project and use Copy. Move to the destination directory and use Paste. You can choose whether the copy includes the setup, results and other associated files.

For a variation, use a name such as hood_binder_trial01 and note what you changed. Open the copied project once to make sure the expected data is there.

There is a separate file-types post if the extensions are confusing. You don’t need to memorise all of them before continuing. Just avoid moving only the PSP file and expecting every result to follow it.

The project is ready. Next we will look at units and directions, which deserve attention before we start entering numbers.

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