Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
(OP)
I have a sheet metal part with a few bends that I would like to have reinforced with offset bracing stamped into the bends. Essentially, it would be like taking a wide and flat tool and offsetting the material perpendicular to the bend. Is there a simple way to model this?





RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
To flatten the part you will have to suppress the added part features, so leave them until last.
bc
RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
Thanks for your help, beachcomber!
RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
for this, or did I misinterpret the question?
dy
RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
You could use the rib feature, but you've got to draw the profile and put in rib thickness etc anyway and then do the cut after to remove material, so I don't think it's any advantage in this case.
If I've understood correctly the feature that carec is trying to achieve is equivalent to a pressed rib of constant depth that runs across a bend in the sheet metal.
bc
RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
you're right: rib is of no advantage in this case (my imagination
put me on a wrong track). Maybe SE should have such a
feature -- one can see this type of reinforcement quite
often.
dy
RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
To all
http://www.geocities.com/segurucool/smdent.htm
RE: Putting in reinforcements in sheet metal
Thanks to all for the good advice and tips!