Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_2_Box Assembly

Design Report On Box Assembly

Objective: To design a sheet metal box using NX sheet metal application as per the guidelines.

Design Methodology:

Recommended workflow to create simple sheet metal part:

Features and commands used to generate the design:

1) Tab

tab is the command which is used to create the base feature of the sheet metal, i.e. the base sheet of the component from which other adjacent elements gets designed using other different commands. 

2) Flange

using flange command, we can provide adjacent flanges to the base sheet by selecting it's edges also we can provide different parameters like bend angle, bend radius, corner relief, bend relief etc.

3) Closed Corner

The close corner command is used to fill the gap between two adjacent flanges at the corner.

4) Hem

 

The hem commad used to round the sharp edges of the sheet metal. There are several types of the hem flange like closed, open, S-type, curl, open loop, closed loop & centered loop.The hem command is implimented in the design as shown in below image.

 

5) Mirror Body

The mirror body command is used to mirror the set of features or bodies next to the selected reference plane.

6) Unite

The unite command is used to combine two or more solid bodies to make those as a single solid part. 

7) Dimple

The dimple command is used to provide upside solid impression of any required profile on the sheet metal.

 

8) Unbend

The unbend command is used to make the entire sheet metal component in flat form.

9) Rebend

The rebend command is used to bring the part back to it's previous form.

 

10) Bead 

The bead command is used to provide the upside solid impression of any 2-d profile with required depth and width. It has several ipression profiles like U-shape, V-shape & Circular shape.

11) Break Corner

The break corner command is used to round the sharp edges of the sheet metal.

12) Normal Cutout

The normal cutout is used to provide the cut on the sheet metal of required profile and this cut always makes 90 deg angle with the sheet metal irrespective of it's own angle with the sheet metal.

Screenshots of the final design:

  

Conclusion:

In this way the box design has been completed using NX sheet metal application by following the given guidelines.