Last month's column focused on GIGO. Historically, GIGO meant Garbage In Garbage Out. Today, widespread application of computers has morphed GIGO into Garbage In Gospel Out. The lack of good data or the insertion of wrong data into virtual metalforming codes causes even the best codes to produce wrong answers. When the computer indicates the virtual forming process is well designed with an appropriate safety margin and then the physical part drastically fails, all virtual metalforming codes receive a bad name.
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