Creo Sheet Metal Flat Vs Flanged

Dave does your sheet metal part have a stepped flange as shown in the wikipedia picture on the right.

Creo sheet metal flat vs flanged. Sheetmetal fold vs. Difference between sheetmetal flange flat features in pro engineer and creo parametric modified. Below is the basic example of the flat and flanged walls. When you open legacy models created in creo parametric release 4 0 and previous releases in creo parametric 5 0 the tangent to bend depth option is replace by the on origin depth option.

As one who daily works with sheet metal design and fabrication use outside flange lengths for several reasons. When you figure flat pattern length you simple add up all the outside flanges and subtract the bend deductions. Here is the basic explanation for the two sheet metal options. 20 oct 2016 applies to pro engineer and creo elements pro wildfire to wildfire 5 0.

No worries of forgetting a material thickness along the way 3. It purely depends upon the shape of the part that decides which one to use. Sheet metal corner relief and self intersecting flange ratso mechanical 27 jul 06 04 14 ok i have done a sample based on your info and the downloaded ipt. Or is it just a flat piece you are adding the joggle.

Information regarding the difference of flange and flat wall features for sheet metal. Flange wall gives you control over the cross section of the wall. When i create the main bend with a radius of about 0 09 i tend to lose varying amounts of material to create it. When the tangent to bend depth option is used in a relation the relation is maintained but the result produced will be the.

Constant flat length ensures that the length of the unfolded wall is not changed. Changing a bend with the constant flange length option selected. If i understand the sticking point of the question how can it be done using the sheet metal module of proe vs extruding. From creo parametric 5 0 release the depth option tangent to bend in not available.