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Sheet Metal Onshape User Group Meeting
bryan_lagrange
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On March 23rd we will be hosting an Onshape User Group Meeting with Sheet Metal as the topic. We will have plenty to see with some sheet metal modeling techniques by @eric_pesty and Ethan Keller of Onshape will demo some of the upcoming functionality of sheet metal that was recently shown at Onshape Live 2023. Come one Come all!
@john_mcclary @kent_henderson @brucebartlett @MBartlett21 @shawn_crocker @glen_dewsbury Sheet Metal Loft will soon be here!
3:45pm - Meeting open for networking
4:00pm - Opening remarks by Bryan
4:10pm - Sheet metal by Bryan
4:20pm - Sheet metal by Eric Pesty
4:40pm - Sheet metal sneak peek - Ethan Keller
5:00pm - Meeting ends, Q&A, prize drawing
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Hey, I might be able to make this early meeting since I'll be at home recovering from surgery and not working. Heck yeah
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Thanks for organizing the meeting!
It was definitely worth staying up late for that! I learned many new tricks from everyone!
@john_mcclary
Thanks for sharing the FeatureScript to obtain an editable 3D part from the flat pattern!
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d075777b23239493791a6871/w/397dabbf4f532daf03a395c5/e/904c42aa0d85c24083eeed8f
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
As an aside, sometimes when opening a document, the sheet metal tab isn't there. A refresh of the browser tab brings it back.
Yes, it was a good group. I'm surprised more don't show up. Especially beginners.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b7e4cf846118b950fe91c322/v/0376788efa42cdce763638fa/e/92f230b60794da87291d9fb8?renderMode=0&uiState=64205e6f95b22b4ec8022b57
On the "split faces" trial, I couldn't get the entire cylinder in the sheetmetal, even if I split its edge. I also couldn't get the split faces of the holes to only be on one side of the sheetmetal, rather than "thru all". I even tried moving the sketch planes outside of the cylinder, and also tried projecting the curve first, rather than doing it all in the split face command.
Next attempt I tried a shell technique in the solids, to get the exact shape, then thickened that in the sheetmetal tool. That worked to get the overall sheetmetal shape with clean holes. However when adding the webbing feature (last sketch), I could not get its sketch to be concentric with the existing hole. @bryan_lagrange, how did you constrain your sketch3 to be concentric to the ellipse? I turned on constraints on your sketch and have trouble figuring out how you did it.
Thanks.
Hi Nick, I was the one suggesting to split the face and then create the sheet metal model by using "Thicken".
I repaired the model. The trick is to extrude surfaces which don't go through the cylinder. Then you can split only one side of it:
Here is the model:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ebdd46f0c7238106f2aa7d1e/w/8a0657c3f63210c2e83ff8e1/e/7c5f99308bdcbf12c45b0607?renderMode=0&uiState=64214d1e7e98063712d431be
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign