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

Title of the Project :Advanced Sheet Metal Designing of Metal Bracket in NX CAD

Objective:

To design a model of sheet metal bracketusing the Sheet Metal Design tools application in Siemens NX CAD Software.

Introduction :

Sheet metal Design and Fabrication:-

NX sheet metal design software includes 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.With NX sheet metal CAD tools, you can apply standard values, such as material thicknesses and bend radii, based on industry or company best practices. With folding and unfolding capabilities, you can work with models at any stage of the fabrication process. NX sheet metal software creates accurate flat patterns for documentation and manufacturing.

Design methodology / approach (To be explained with the help of Flowcharts only)

Description (Need to explain tools/ Features used while designing)

The sheet metal Bracket has been done with the above flow chart process. While designing the default thickness, bend radius relief depth and relief width value are set to 1mm at the Menu → Preferences → Sheet Metal here you can change the Sheet Metal thickness whenever necessary.

Tools and Features used while Designing:

Sheet Metal application tools are mainly used in designing the model of sheet metal bracket.

Let’s have a look at the tools and features used in designing the sheet metal model of bracket.

The following features are found under home tab in sheetmetal application workbench in NX CAD.

Contour flange:

This feature creates a base feature by extruding a sketch along a vector, or adds material by sweeping a sketch along an edge or chain of edges.

Normal Cutout:

This feature cuts material by projecting a sketch onto the model and then cutting perpendicular to the faces intersected by the projection.

Break Corners:

This feature rounds or chamfers a sharp corner of a tab or flange.

Unbend:

This feature flattens a bend and the material adjacent to the bend.

Hole:

This feature adds a hole to one or more solid bodies in a part or assembly with options for counterbored, countersunk, and threaded.

Rebend:

This feature restores an unbend feature to its previous bend state, along with any features added after the unbend feature.

Advanced flange:

This feature adds a flange along an edge using a bend angle or a reference face. The edge and reference face can be curved.

Gusset:

This feature creates a stiffening gusset on the part.

Upload a min of four screenshots of Model in the report. (Front View, Side View, Isometric View and the Top View)

Front View

Side View

Isometric View

Top View

Attach Detailed Drawing Sheet Image (If Required)

Conclusion:

A Sheet metal bracket is successfully designed in Siemens NX Cad Software using Sheet metal application tools.