Sheet Metal Materials Library

kent_henderson

Is there a way to create a sheet metal library? A library where standard thicknesses, bend radii for a given thickness, and K factors for specific materials and thicknesses can live?

lana

@kent_henderson
Not yet - please add an IR

john_mcclary

I do it with a custom feature that creates a #thickness #bend variable based on the sheetmetal and punch used. 

Then every standard sheet metal features i add and use those vars. 

I like this approach because it is super easy to make, and it lets you modify sheetmetal parts by dragging the feature up and down the tree. 

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/118655922ba32884b66af2b5/w/91f1afe8f3595d37c4d31e10/e/9e90c0f9f69aaa2435fee409

Go ahead and copy this doc and enter your sheet metal parameters and then add to your toolbar 

kent_henderson

I really like the sound of what you've done with variables. I get the following...... possibly a permission issue? "Failed to load document for workspace. Resource does not exist, or you do not have permission to access it."

john_mcclary

My bad, it wasn't public.