Bending a non Sheet Metal Part
Bending a non Sheet Metal Part
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Say I wanted to take a structural angle shape, cut a V in one of the legs and bend the angle 90 degrees as if I welded 2 mitered pieces together. Can I add bends to a part that still keeps it's angle shape (ie. sharp outside corner)? I know I can do this using a sweep command but is it possible using sheet metal commands?
Thanks,
Matt
Thanks,
Matt






RE: Bending a non Sheet Metal Part
You can make the part using Sheet Metal, but it will not give you a truly sharp outside corner. Even if the inside bend is set at .001" radius, the outside bend will be .001"+ material thickness.
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Jason Capriotti
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
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You could also create what you want using the structural member tools. Also SW2005 allows you to follow a curved surface.
Regg
RE: Bending a non Sheet Metal Part
RE: Bending a non Sheet Metal Part
I too wondered this very question. We also do a lot of forming of "structural" materials, angles, channels, rounds, etc... My reasoning for this feature was to have a formed and unformed profile, much like sheetmetal, without having to create a configuration of one of the two shapes.
I tried using flex command to get the desired result, but on some parts it took more time, than I felt it was worth, to get the coordinate system setup for the trim planes. Quite some time back I had a short disscusion with Mark Biasotti of SolidWorks, on the SW forum, he told me this command was in no way created with this type of use in mind. So, it would definately have it's shortcomings.
I did send in an enhancement request for such a feature. Maybe you could too, at least I know I'm not the only one wanting something like this. If you're interested, I did model up a formed angle, much like you first asked about. Copy and paste this link(don't click on it), and you should be able to download it.
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As everyone mentioned, it's not going to give you square outside corners, but you don't get them in a real life situation anyway.
Have a good one,
Chris
RE: Bending a non Sheet Metal Part
You can bend your structual angle shapes (or any shapes) if you want to. Just make a "V" cut sketch where you want and split the part. Then you can rotate either of the bodies 90 degrees.
Alex