Sharpen your Edge with
SeGuruCool
The Largest Independant Solid Edge Resource Outside UGS


Special Die Formed Sheetmetal Parts
In Solid Edge
22 Mar 2005


Tushar Suradkar
www.oocities.org/SeGuruCool


  segurucool @ yahoo.com


SeGuruCool's Newsletter

Stay updated when new tutorials and articles are posted.

(Note: Do not change first text box)
List Name:
Your Email:

SE Customization eBook
 
  • 79 Seventy-nine chapters
    •  
  • Cust. using VB and VB.NET
    •  
  • Insight Customization
    •  
  • Excel Cust w.r.t. Solid Edge
    •  
  • Coding for Custom Sensors
    •  
  • Coding for Multiple SE versions
    •  
  • XML & BOM-Database connectivity


    •   Download FREE 6 chapters & source code

    Classification of Sheetmetal Parts - 1

    There are two types of sheetmetal parts :

  • Parts made by press brake


    • - Linear bends, no special dies or tooling.


    Solid Edge Sheetmetal can both model and flatten these parts.





    Classification of Sheetmetal Parts - 2

  • Parts requiring special forming dies


    • - Have deformations, use progressive dies .


    Solid Edge Sheetmetal can model but cannot flatten these parts.

    In this tutorial you learn how to create sheetmetal parts that are typically created with special forming dies.

    See circled dent in figure besides.





    Begin

    Begin by creating a sheetmetal tab with a flange as shown.





    Switch to Part

    After saving the sheetmetal, switch to the Part Environment.

    Select File > Switch to Part - Click Yes in the prompt.

    Create a Rib as shown in figure.





    Draft the Rib

    Add draft of 12 degrees to the green faces on both sides of the rib using the yellow face as the Draft plane.





    Use Thin Wall

    Use the Thin Wall command with value of 2 and hollow out the part - delete the highlighted chain of face - as shown.





    Part Ready

    Next, round off all edges and the part is ready.

    Although, remember that this part will not flatten even if you select File > Switch to Sheetmetal from the Part environment.





    Tushar Suradkar     segurucool @ yahoo.com
    Also Visit :

    CadGuruCool   |   SeGuruCool   |   ProeGuruCool