Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_5_Odd Shaped Enclosure

DESIGN OF AN ODD SHAPED ENCLOSURE USING NX CAD:

OBJECTIVE:

The aim of this project is to design a odd shaped enclosure using NX CAD sheet metal application.

INTRODUCTION:

Siemens NX is a high end CAD/CAM/CAE software. Siemens NX software is a flexible and powerful integrated solution that helps you deliver better products faster and more efficiently. NX delivers the next generation of design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions that enable companies to realize the value of the digital twin.

Sheet metal is a metal formed by an industrial process into thin , flat pieces. Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metal working and it can be cut and bent in to variety of shapes . countless everyday objects are fabricated from sheet metal.

DESCRIPTION:

First we have to open the NX CAD sheet metal application and set the sheet metal preferences for commands.

SKETCH:

  It is a basic and initial operation for   creating any kind of sheet metal   components.

EXTRUDE:

  Extrude is a feature that forms by   extruding the sketch along a vector by   providing thickness or adds material to   a plane face.

SHEET METAL FROM SOLID:

   It builds a sheet metal model that takes   its shapes from a collection of planar   faces. This command is used to convert   the solid body into a sheet metal body.   After selecting the command and the   solid body, we can also remove the edge   sharpness by removing the material at   these places.

FLANGE:
  Flange command creates a bend between   two walls and we can adjust angle for   bend. And this can be done by selecting   the edge and edge should be straight.
JOG:
  Lifts one side of the sheet metal part   through a defined line. Ads flange   between the stationary side and the lifted   side.
UNBEND:
  Unbend is a command used to flattens a   bend and the material adjacent to the   bend.
BEAD:
  Bead lifts material along the contour of a   sketch that simulates a stamping tool.
HOLE:
  This feature is used to create holes to any   part with preferred type and specification   of holes.
REBEND:
  This feature is used to restore a flatten   sheet  metal part.

FLAT PATTERN:
  It creates a flat pattern feature from the   formed sheet metal part.

VIEWS:

DRAFTING:
  Starts the drafting application which   provides tools to create and maintain   drawings of design model.
  1.NEW SHEET: Creates a new drawing sheet.
  2.BASE VIEW : Creates a model based  view on the drawing  sheet.

CONCLUSION:
    Thus the design  and drafting of an odd shaped enclosure using NX cad(sheet metal application) has done.

Feature manager tree:

the feature manager tree of design of odd shaped enclosure are