Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad Challenge_7_ Metal bracket-II

Sheet Metal Bracket-II Using NX CAD

Object :- To design the and drafting of Sheet Metal Bracket-II using Simens NX CAD Sheet Metal application.

Introduction :-

Sheet Metal is the metal formed by industrial process into thin, flat pieces. It is used in more thing specially in industrial. It can be cut and bent into different shape on basis of requirements. Thickness is very low within 6 mm. If thickness is increase then sheet is behave like plate.

NX CAD Sheet Metal :-

NX Sheet Metal provides a set of tools in NX design that allows for simple and fast design of sheet metal parts. With the help of this we can create a sheet metal parts in accurate dimension and we can take flat sheet design by converting body to flatten pattern. And take a drafting of this on the drawing sheet.

Project- Sheet Metal Bracket-II

This project is to develop Sheet Metal bracket-II by made of sheet metal. The design is done on NX software by using various commands.

Feature used in this part :-

Sketch :- Sketch is the basic of any object. It is created by many feature like line, curve, rectangle, fillet etc.

Contour Flange :- With the help of this command we can create a base feature by extruding a sketch or adds material by sweeping a sketch.

Normal Cutout :- With the help of this feature we can cut the material with the help of sketch where I want.

Break Corner :- With the help of this command we can cut the sharp edge and change it into a round or flat like fillet, chamfer.

Unbend :- With the help of this feature we change bend body into flat sheet like unbend.

Rebend :- When I create a unbend to get a flat sheet to do any operation. But when I want to get initial bend then this feature helps.

Advanced Flange :- With the help of this command we can add a flange along an edge using bend angle or a reference face.

Gusset :- By this command we can create a stiffening on bend area.

Flat Pattern :- With the help of this feature we can create a 2D representation of a 3D sheet metal part.

Here are some screenshot of Sheet Metal Bracket.

Conclusion :-

• This project helped me to learn that how to create bracket, advanced flange, gusset in NX CAD environment and how to develop it.
• The part of the Bracket-II are created using most of the Sheet metal tool in NX CAD Sheet Metal Software.