Creo Convert To Sheet Metal
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Creo convert to sheet metal. How to convert a solid to a sheetmetal create a flat instance and a drawing containing both models with creo 4 background music. Use the corner relief tool to add relief to one or more corners of a sheet metal part. Funky element https. You can apply corner relief automatically to all corners or manually to individual sets of corners.
You can use the conversion tool to add these features as a single feature or use individual tools to add each feature separately. This video was created based on question from a comment under my video on youtube channel. Convert a part to sheet metal just convert the imported 3d model into a creo sheet metal part by defining a driving surface and you re ready to go. Discuss modeling techniques such as starting out with non sheet metal models and converting to sheet metal later to take advantage of shell features.
When you add relief sheet metal sections are removed from the model. To access the conversion tool click model conversion. How do i convert a block to a 5 sided sheet metal box with a bottom 4 sides and a flanged top with the convert to sheet metal tool. Relief helps to control sheet metal material behavior and to prevent unwanted deformation.
Open part operations convert to sheetmetal driving surface select any face to define driving surface for sheetmetal part ok. Use the conversion tool to add features necessary to make a solid part converted to a sheet metal part developable and manufacturable. Shane price preformed line products. Sheet metal conversion two examples in this tutorial you can learn how to use sheet metal conversion modelling technique in proe or with same logic in creo parametric.
Using sheetmetal application first shell the block and then apply the conversion. Creo simulate and windchill. If the part is not of uniform thickness creo will report error the part you are trying to convert to sheet metal does not have a uniform thickness.