Designing sheet metal box assembly using NX

Title – Designing sheet metal box assembly using NX

Objective- To design and create sheet metal box using NX

Introduction – NX sheet metal environment can be used to create sheet metal designs with all the manufacturing considerations. Hence, NX is here used to design and create a sheet metal box which can be drafted for actual manufacturing.

Design Methodology/Approach -

Description – Through this project, many tools were learnt. Following are the tools/features –

Tab – It is used to give thickness to a 2D profile of sheet metal

Closed Corner - It is used to create corner between adjacent edges.

Flange – It is used to create flanges along the corners of sheet metal.

Break corners – It is used to add fillets to the corners of sheet metal

Hem – It is used to hem the endings in sheet metal

Dimples – It is used to add a depression of a 2D profile on sheet metal

Beads - It is used to create beads on the sheet metal

Unbend – It is used to unbend the sheet metal design

Rebend – It is used to rebend sheet metal after the unbend operation

Mirror Body - It is used to mirror an existing body on a plane

Normal Cutout - It is used to create a cutout normal to the plane in sheet metal.

Views –

Conclusion - This project underlines the tools and considerations for designing a sheet metal box assembly. It also underlines sheet metal application in NX and advantage of NX as a software for sheet metal design and it’s application as box assembly.