SHEET METAL BRACKET DESIGN USING NX CAD 

Advanced Sheet Metal Bracket Design Using NX CAD

Objective: To design a Bracket by using NX CAD - Sheet metal application.

Software: NX CAD.

Introduction:

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 material properties and manufacturing processes. NX sheet metal design tools incorporate material and bending information, enabling the model to represent both the formed component and flattened blank shapes.

Steps to design sheet metal bracket:

1. Create a file
2. Create a sketch on a top plane
3. Using contour flange - create a body profile
4. Create a cut-out in the body using normal cut-out command.
5. Break corner command to corner it.

6. Unbend the body
7. And rebend it
8. To evaluate the radius, use local radius analysis tool to check the radius formed in the bead
9. Add feature such as holes and complete the model.

Conclusion: Sheet metal model of Bracket is obtained using basic feature of sheet metal application in NX CAD.