Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_5_Odd Shaped Enclosure

MAKING AN ODD-SHAPED ENCLOSURE USING NX CAD

OBJECTIVE:

TO design an odd-shaped structure using nx cad

INTRODUCTION :

Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking and it can be cut and bent into various shapes

ODD SHAPED ENCLOSURE is made in nx cad to understand the basics of sheet metal application in nx cad

DESIGN METHODOLOGY :

FEATURES USED :

• TAB: Creates a base feature by extruding a sketch along a vector by thickness value or adds material to a planer face. An additional planer section can be added to generate bends as part of the feature.
• NORMAL CUTOUT: cuts material by projecting a sketch onto the model and then cutting perpendicular to the faces intersected by the projection
• EXTRUDE : It is used to make a extruded surface using the base sketch
• BEND: modifies the model by bending material on one side of the sketch line, adding a bend between the two sides.
• FLANGE: adds a flat flange at an angle to a planer face and adds a bend between the two
• UNBEND: Flattens a bend and the material adjacent to bend
• HOLE: adds a hole to one or multiple positions on a solid body
• BEAD: it stimulates a stamping tool by lifting material along a contour of sketch
• REBEND: restores an unbend feature to its previous state
• FLAT PATTERN: creates a flat pattern from the formed sheet metal part

MODEL STANDARD VIEW

FRONT VIEW

SIDE VIEW

TOP VIEW

ISOMETRIC VIEW

DRAWING SHEET

CONCLUSION: MODELLING OF THE ODD-SHAPED ENCLOSURE IS DONE SUCCESSFULLY USING NX 10