A method for computer-aided generation of tool parameters for tools for the manufacture of sheet-metal forming parts by way of forming processes, wherein a representation of a manufacturing process is produced, which representation comprises a set of machining steps and geometric parameters of these machining steps, wherein the method comprises the following steps: • determining a set of geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of a part in a geometry model of the part, wherein each of the geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) is described by way of a feature type and by way of geometric parameters for describing the geometric shape of the geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15); • determining an associated method standard for each of the geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein a method standard describes one variant for manufacturing the respective geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), and the selection of the method standards which can be associated with a certain geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) is dependent on the feature type of the geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), • wherein the machining steps for a feature that are executed within in the same forming operation constitute a machining unit, • wherein a machining unit is represented and described by a module, and • wherein a method standard comprises at least one module; characterised by • determining a method plan, wherein a method plan comprises an ordered sequence of machining steps and further comprises the geometric parameters of these machining steps, by way of associating each of the modules with a forming operation, whilst taking into account constraints which control the distribution of the modules to the operations. • determining a set of geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of a part in a geometry model of the part, wherein each of the geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) is described by way of a feature type and by way of geometric parameters for describing the geometric shape of the geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15); • determining an associated method standard for each of the geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein a method standard describes one variant for manufacturing the respective geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), and the selection of the method standards which can be associated with a certain geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) is dependent on the feature type of the geometry feature (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), • wherein the machining steps for a feature that are executed within in the same forming operation constitute a machining unit, • wherein a machining unit is represented and described by a module, and • wherein a method standard comprises at least one module; • wherein the machining steps for a feature that are executed within in the same forming operation constitute a machining unit, • wherein a machining unit is represented and described by a module, and • wherein a method standard comprises at least one module; • determining a method plan, wherein a method plan comprises an ordered sequence of machining steps and further comprises the geometric parameters of these machining steps, by way of associating each of the modules with a forming operation, whilst taking into account constraints which control the distribution of the modules to the operations.