SheetMetal Design

Getting Started

Opening an Existing Sheet Metal Part and Entering the Workbench

Defining the Sheet Metal Parameters

Creating the Side Walls

Creating a Cutout

Creating Automatic Bends

Extracting Drawings from the Sheet Metal Part

Managing the Default Parameters

Editing the Sheet and Tool Parameters

Modifying the Bend Extremities

Defining the Bend Corner Relief

Computing the Bend Allowance

Creating Walls From a Sketch

Creating Tangent Walls

Creating Walls From An Edge

Recognizing Walls From an Existing Part

Isolating Walls

Creating Rolled Walls

Creating Bends on Walls

Manually Creating Bends from Walls

Generating Bends Automatically

Creating Conical Bends

Creating Bends From a Line

Creating Swept Walls

Creating a Flange

Creating a Tear Drop

Creating a Swept Flange

Redefining Swept Wall Limits

Folded/Unfolded View Access

Concurrent Access

Deactivating Views

Creating a Cutout

Splitting Geometry

Creating Standard Stamping Features

Creating a Point Stamp

Creating an Extruded Hole

Creating a Curve Stamp

Creating a Surface Stamp

Creating a Bridge

Creating a Louver

Creating a Stiffening Rib

Creating User-Defined Stamping Features

Creating a Punch with a Die

Opening and Cutting Faces

Editing User-Defined Stamps

Creating Rectangular Patterns

Creating Circular Patterns

Creating User-Defined Patterns

Redefining an Automatic Corner Relief

Creating a Local Corner Relief

Creating Corners

Creating Chamfers

Mapping Elements

Interoperability With Wireframe

Creating Points

Creating Planes

Integration With Part Design

Integration With Weld Design

Integration with Generative Drafting

Designing in Context

Designing in Context

Modifying the Design

Managing PowerCopies

Creating PowerCopies Features

Instantiating PowerCopies Features

Saving PowerCopies Features

Browsing the Sheet Metal Catalog

Looking For Sheet Metal Features

Workbench Description

Sheet Metal Toolbar

Constraints Toolbar

Reference Elements Toolbar

Specification Tree