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

Title – Designing Metal Bracket-II using NX

Objective- To design and create sheet Metal Bracket-II using NX

Introduction – NX sheet metal environment can be used to create sheet metal designs with all the manufacturing considerations. Hence, NX is here used to design and create a complex sheet metal bracket which can be drafted for actual manufacturing.

Design Methodology/Approach -

Description – Through this project, many tools were learnt. Following are the tools/features –

Advanced Flange – It is used to create flanges on curved edges which are not possible with flange tool.

Contour Flange – It is used to create flange of a drawn contour

Normal Cutout – It is used to create a cutout normal to a closed curve

Gussets – It is used to add gussets to strengthen the sheet metal

Holes - It is used to create holes on the sheet metal

Unbend – It is used to unbend the sheet metal design

Rebend – It is used to rebend sheet metal after the unbend operation

Views –

Conclusion - This project underlines the tools and considerations for designing a complex sheet metal bracket. It also underlines sheet metal application in NX and advantage of NX as a software for sheet metal design and its application as metal bracket.