Sketch Driven Sheet Metal Part

This example show how to build a solid from a 3d sketch and then convert that to a sheet metal component that can be flattened.

Sketch driven sheet metal part.

If necessary use the flyout featuremanager design tree to select a reference sketch to use as the pattern. I figured out that if you drive a line in a sketch with a dimension that is controlled by the design table it is possible to manipulate the sheet metal thickness. Rectangles circles polygons and ellipses are automatically extruded to the thickness of a sheet metal wall as you sketch. Once this is done it is possible to link the override thickness value to a global variable.

17 from main window file new global parameters to create a new file capture 1 and create a new parameter rotor dia with a value of 400mm capture 2. Click either centroid to use the centroid of the seed feature or selected point to use another point as the reference point. Sketch driven sheet metal assembly design is the perfect course for you. Example of a fan scroll sheet metal part that uses a layout sketch parameter file and design function equation table.

The key to creating a punch tool is that 1 it must be intially created on a part face rather than a workplane and 2 it must have a sketch point in the first sketch to indicate where to place on subsiquent sketches. It looks like the punch solution will work for you. In it you will design and manipulate the enclosure to fit your original part. Thickness to diameter ratio is a main factor used to quantify the geometry of a blank and can be calculated by t d b.

The course will cover the creation of a portion of an electrical enclosure to house equipment for assembly line processing machines. It is unnecessary step to add the extra part and then suppress it. Just mate the part correctly to one hole and use one of the pattern point as reference. See sheet metal options to change the default wall thickness.

Thickness is represented by t and d b is the diameter of the blank. Sheet metal thickness is an important aspect of deep drawing process design. For noncircular sheet metal parts the maximum diameter is sometimes used. Geomagic design added a global parameter function in the latest release.

Click sketch driven pattern features toolbar or insert pattern mirror sketch driven pattern. Lines splines and arcs are. However you must first override the default parameters of the sheet metal feature. Under selections do the following.