Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_5_Odd Shaped Enclosure
TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Advanced sheet metal design using NX CAD- Odd shaped enclosure
OBJECTIVE:-To create a Odd shaped enclosure design and a draft of it using NX CAD
INTRODUCTION:- Sheel melal 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 ase considered foil, and pieces thicker than 6 mm (0.25 in) are considered plate steel or structural steel
NX sheet melal design software incorporates material and process information in sheet metal-specific modeling features: bends flanges, tabs, cutouts, beads, dimples, louvers, corner and edge treatments. patterns and other formable features. You can also quickly convert solid models to sheet metal components, and create sheet metal parts that enclose other components
DESIGN METHODOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
sketch: It is a base of a design
Extrude: create a feature by extruding a section along a vector
Sheet Metal from Solid:Builds a sheet metal model that takes its shape from a collection of planar faces.
Flange: Adds a flat flange at an angle to a planar face and adds a bend between the two
Jog:Modifies the model by lifting material on one side of a sketch line, adding a flange between the two sides.
Unbend: Flatten a bend and the material adjacent to the bend.
Bead:Lifts material along the contour of a sketch that simulates a stamping tool
Hole:Adds a hole to one ot more solid bodies in a part or assembly with options for counterbored, countersunk, and threaded
Rebend: Restores an unbend feature to its previous bent state, along with any features added after the unbend feature.
Flat Pattern: Creates a flat pattern feature from the formed sheet metal part
MODEL IMAGES
Isometric view
Top view
Front view
side view
DRAFT / DRAWING SHEET
CONCLUSION
By doing this project, i have learned advaned features like sheet metals from solid, jog etc.