Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_5_Odd Shaped Enclosure
Title of the Project: Odd Shaped Enclosure Design Using NX Cad
Objective : To Create the Odd Shaped Enclosure design using the NX CAD
introduction:
Sheet Metal is a type of material that is flattened into thin sheets. Sheet metal is made by taking a large cast in and rolling it into a long ribbon of the thickness it wants. This flat metal is rolled into a coil and sent directly or cut the metal into sheets before being sent to a machine shop.
The sheets are made from different kinds of metals such as aluminum, brass, copper, steel, tin, nickel and titanium. The sheet’s thickness depends on the material needed for a project. Thicknesses can vary from 0.15 -6.00 mm significantly; extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf, and pieces thicker than 6 mm (0.25 in) are considered plate steel or “structural steel.”
Designing the products with the sheet metal comes with its limitations but has many benefits that can work with this design material that outweighs cons. It is available with numerous coating for corrosion resistance or surface finish.
Sheet Metal can be useful for large and durable parts with few features. They make good RF shields, ground planes and thicker gauge parts for adding strength and weight to the things. Sheet metal is not suitable for minimal parts, complex or precise geometry, cosmetic parts or lightweight parts.
Design methodology
NOW WE ARE CREATING THE MODEL AS PER
Create the Sketch in desire Shape as shown below
Extrude: which helps to Extrude the Sketch with 200mm and forms Solidbody
SHEET METAL FROM SOLID: with this command we can generate the SHeet metal from solid body same like.
FALNGE: It will add the falt flange at angle to plane and create the bend in between the two.
JOG: this lifts the sheet one side and create the flange at given distance and creates the bend in between them
UNBEND : this helps to unbend the bend sheet and helpd to form any hholes or any features.
BEAD: lifts the material along counter of sketch that stimulates the stamping tool, and increase the stregth locally
HOLES: Create the holes at the required areas.
REBEND: this will rebend the unbended surfaces and comes to normal shape
Flatpattern:Creates the flat pattern feature and creates the to create the formed sheet metal.
Drawing: creating the Flat Pattern
VIEWS:
Conclusion: In this we have understand that how to design the odd Shaped Enclosure Design Using NX Cad and understand the using of different commands.