Sheet Metal Function

To bend the sheet metal part sketch lines on the part as shown in the picture.

Sheet metal function. Bend the part by clicking sketched bend or insert sheet metal sketched bend. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Galvanneal steel which has been galvanized and then subsequently annealed. Under sheet metal parameters.

Sheet in the screen shot below the result is 5 but the 3rd sheet tab is active. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered. In this lesson you create the sheet metal part. When the sheet metal is put through the process of bending the metal around the bend is deformed and stretched.

The sheet function can also return the sheet number for a named range or a named excel table. Foil very thin sheet metal made from typically malleable metals such as aluminum and gold. Understanding the bend allowance and consequently the bend deduction of a part is a crucial first step to understanding how sheet metal parts are fabricated. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking and it can be cut and bent into a variety of shapes countless everyday objects are fabricated from sheet metal. 1 creating a base flange 2 adding a miter flange 3 mirroring the part and creating. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. The part bends following the sketched lines.

See the active sheet number. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. Varied metals and metal alloys can be formed into sheets and used to fabricate sheet metal parts. Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces.

As this happens you gain a small amount of total length in your part. Click on the sheet metal tab select base flange tab and give 1 mm to the sheet metal parameters. Popular sheet metal materials include. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Thicknesses can vary significantly. In the sheet function if you omit the reference it tells you the number of the active sheet. To access the sheet metal functions expand the sheet metal node under the system tab in the snippets area. These functions allow you to change the current sheet metal rule automatically based on certain conditions such as the current material or material thickness.

The choice of materials depends on the requirements of the application and factors in material selection include formability weldability corrosion resistance strength weight and cost. What types of sheet metal are there.