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What's the best way to join sheet metal parts for an item you don't know all the dimensions?
tim_wright944
Member Posts: 7 ✭
Sorry I'm not sure on my terminology as a beginner.
If you imagine I have created two parallel parts which are complete and I know the dimensions for, I have then used the extrude to 4mm and also bent using K factor within the sheet metal parts for the two parts.
I then want to create a joining piece to fit correctly in-between the two parallel parts but I don't know the dimensions yet because of the bends.
Because I don't know the sizes of the infill parts should I be creating multiple sketches putting them together at that stage? I'm presuming as I don't know the sizes yet that using assembly is not going to work for me?
Sorry I hope that makes sense and isn't a stupid question.
Answers
Please share a document link for better help.
Do you know about the sheetmetal tools? You model the final shape and the software figures out the flat shape for you.
An assembly is very useful during early concept stage. You can place the 2 parts you already finished about where they belong, and then design the sheetmetal part to connect them. Depending on your modeling approach, the connecting part can even update automatically if you decide to move the parts slightly.