Sheet metal parts have a uniform thickness on all features and regions of the parts.
Some of the sheet metal design characteristics.
- Uniform thickness on all regions of the part.
- Mostly same bending radius is used in the bendings of the sheet metal.
- NX shows the perfect bending axis of the sheet metal for manufacturing. (k factor is important)
- NX shows intersections of the sheet metal by flattening the sheet metal.
- You can convert 3d models (non-sheet metal parts) to sheet metal parts.
- You can change the sheet metal thickness and bending radius in the NX Sheet metal application.
Steps to create Sheet Metal parts in NX.
- Create a Base region of the sheet metal.
- Create features.
- Bending features. (Flange, Contour Flange, etc..)
- Add or cutout details
- Punch features.
- Corner details
- Bending features. (Flange, Contour Flange, etc..)
- Check intersections of the un-bended sheet metal by flattening the final product in NX
- Create a flat pattern of the sheet metal and export it to .dwg or .dxf file for the manufacturing process.
- Technical drawings for manufacturing include bending axis locations and bending angles.
The methods to start Sheetmetal application in NX
- When creating a new NX part file.
- Start the “New” file command. (Ctrl+N)
- Select “Sheet Metal” in the “templates” group in the dialog box.
- Type the file name and set the file location.
- Click “Ok” to create a new “Sheet Metal” model file.
- After the model file is created you can revert the model file to a sheet metal file.
- Click on the “Sheet Metal” icon in the
Application Ribbon Bar => Design Group => Sheet Metal - Press (CTRL + Shift + M)
- Click on the “Sheet Metal” icon in the
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