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STEP BY STEP SHEET METAL
marcos_fenerichi
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Does anybody know how or if we can create a variation of a sheet metal folded profile?
take a look at the example below. The first step is the flatten and its okay. Following we have the first fold process and so on.
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Hey @marcos_fenerichi,
You could design your finished profile and the use configurations to suppress each consecutive step and show the previous steps.
Hope this helps. Cheers
Thanks for help. I haven't done the unfolding steps yet because I don't quite understand how to use the configurations yet. I try to create the finished profile with angular dimensions to variate the steps. However, I hope in the future OnShape creates an unfold and fold option like other software do.
@marcos_fenerichi
Are you designing this part from scratch in Onshape or in reverse starting from the flat pattern with a DXF? Thanks
Starting from stratch. I desgin the profile then I create the steps ( configurations)
Are you wanting to show the steps just from a drawings perspective to show the bend sequences?
Why do you need to show the bending sequence? I've never had a vendor ask me for that.
Something like this using configurations and the unfold feature script.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3a64171e75fbd76b5251963f/w/c7c54920163e3e6a617c1439/e/883ceb51b2dfde8a81e58f6e
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
You could also export the flat pattern of your finished part as DXF. Create a new Part Studio, insert the DXF in a sketch, Sheet metal THICKEN and then use the bend feature to recreate it again, step by step. Sounds a bit tedious though as you are essentially doing the work twice.
What is your use case here?
In some regions of Brazil, we have a huge shortage of machinery, processes, and labor. Some companies operate in a very simple manner, and a student highlighted this need, as in his company, all sheet metal process drawings are created this way, not simply the sheet metal blank. In Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor, this type of process can be easily created with the help of bending and unfolding tools, and I'm trying to replicate it in Onshape. This would give us another user of the software. However, I will try to create configurations with varying angles. As soon as I complete the example, I'll send it to you.