Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_6_Bracket

Tittle of the Project:- Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX CAD Challenge_6_Bracket.

Objective:- To design a Bracket by using Siemens NX12 Sheet metal application.

Introduction:-

1. SIEMENS NX: NX formely known as “unigraphics”is an advanced high-end CAD/CAM/CAE, which has been owned since 2007 by Siemens PLM Software.

2. SHEET METAL DESIGN:NX sheet metal Design provides the design professional with a complete set of tools to efficiently create and manage sheet metal parts based on the knowledge of materia properties and manufacturing processes. NX sheet metal design tools incorporate material and bending information,enabling the model to represent both the formed component and flattend blank shapes.

Design Methodology -

• Creat a new file .
• Created a sketch o XZ plane.
• Using counter flange created body profile.
• Created cutout in the body using Normal Cutout command.
• Used breake corner.
• Unbend the body.
• Create a bead on flat sheet.
• Rebend the sheet metal body.
• Used Local radius analysis tool check the radius formed in the bead.
• Add hole feature and complete the design.
• End.

Description - The features used step by step during the procedure of designing are as under :

Base Contour Flange : This is used to create a base sheet from a contour of sketch or simply extrudes an edge of a sketch along a vector.

Break Corner : This is used to convert sharp edges of model into round faces/fillet for given radius.

Unbend : It flattens the bend of a work along with the adjacent faces and gives a planar face.

Bead : This feature is used to raise material along the contour of sketch that simulates the stamping tool.

Rebend : It recovers flatenned bends along with adjacent faces to its earlier position, along with the features added to it after unbending.

Hole : This is used to add holes of specific diameter into a work model.

Flat Pattern : This is used to create a flat pattern of the final model with all the necessary design parameters.

Drafting : It is used to create a 2D drawing of the final model with proper orientation.

Feature tree -

Front View -

Side View -

Top View -

Isometric View -

CONCLUSION :

By following the procedure, we learnt about the features used and accurately designed a sheet metal bracket in Siemens NX.