Challenge

Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_1_Casing Design

CASING DESIGN

OBJECTIVE

To obtain knowledge about the user interface and features of sheet metal application in NXCAD.
To design a sheet metal casing in NXCAD and carryout drafting.

INTRODUCTION

NX, formerly known as “unigraphics”, is an advanced high-end CAD/CAM/CAE, which has been owned since 2007 by Siemens PLM Software.
NX Sheet Metal provides a set of tools within the NX design environment that allows for simple and fast design of sheet metal parts.
Sheet Metal is a metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking.
The thickness of sheet metal starts from 0.5 mm and goes up to 6 mm. Anything above that is a metal plate. The thin sheet metal is easy to form, while still providing great strength.
A casing is a substance or object that covers something and protects it.

DESIGN METHODOLOGY

DESCRIPTION

Here we will discuss tools/features used while designing the casing model:

Tab - It is used to create a base part by drawing a sketch with required thickness.

Normal Cutout - It creates a cutout on the sheet metal using a sketch as reference.

Bend – It is used to bend the tab taking any line and a face as reference. The tab can be bent in any angle.

Flange – Flange is created using any edge as a reference. Variable length and angle flanges can be created.

Break Corner – This feature is applied to make a finish at all the sharp corners.

Holes – By drawing points on the sheet metal, taking those points as reference holes are created.

Dimple – It is used to lift a portion of model inside or outside by creating a sketch.

Bead – This feature is used to stamp into the sheet metal taking any sketch as a reference to increase the stiffness.

Flat Pattern – This feature is used to obtain a 2D projection of the flat sheet metal.

VIEWS OF THE MODEL

DRAWING SHEET

CONCLUSION

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