%0 Journal Article %T Determinaci¨®n del centro de esfuerzo en un troquel de corte utilizando un programa CAD %A BALDI DE COSTA %A CLARA %J Revista de la Facultad de Ingenier¨ªa Universidad Central de Venezuela %D 2006 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the importance of a correct positioning of the force center in a blanking die is discussed. the mathematical process to determine the force center by calculating the centroid of a curve is described, and an approximation method is given, using an autocad feature that calculates the centroid of a plane bi-dimensional region. %K blanking die %K force center %K centroid %K autocad. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0798-40652006000300010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en