Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_5_Odd Shaped Enclosure
Title of the Project : Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_5_Odd Shaped Enclosure
Objective : To design a Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad sheet metal application.
Introduction : Sheet metal is 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 into a variety of shapes. Countless everyday objects are fabricated from sheet metal. Thicknesses can vary 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". Sheet metal is available in flat pieces or coiled strips. The coils are formed by running a continuous sheet of metal through a roll sitter.
Design methodology :
Description :
Extrude: Creating a features by extruding the sketch.
BEND : Bends sheet metal model through a line.Modified the model by bending material.
Flange :Adds flange on an edge and create a bend between two walls. The flange can only be made on a straight edge.
Unbend : It allows all the bend to unbend sheet.It is necessary to choose the bend, it can also to box select all the bend at once.
Hole : Hole feature is just like the same as the put a hole in the sheet eith respective measurements of sktch.
Dimple: Dimple in the sheet metal which will make more rigidity and stregth to that flat sheet component.
Beads: Beads are the features added in the sheet metal to increase the stffness of the component.
Flat pattern: Create a flat pattern from the formed sheet.
Views:
Front View
Top View
Side View
Isometric View
Flat Pattern
Conclusion:
The sheet metal design of an odd-shaped enclosure was completed using the basic commands such as Tab, Flange, Sheet Metal from solid, Jog, Hole, Unbend, Bead, Flat pattern, and Bend table. These basic commands have influenced the designer to maintain geometric constraints and achieve the final product.