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Limit deform area

Limit deform area

Limit deform area

(OP)
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Tried to do search but did not find the answer.

I am trying to deform a sheet metal part using Deform - Surface Push with my simple tool.

The problem is at one end of the deformation the deformation kina "goes away" ( I guess it "feels" somehow that there is less material stiffenes in that area.)

I tried to replace the original Face with two Surfaces-Planar hoping that during Deform I could limit the deformation to that "smaller" Surface, but the Deform Manager would not let me pick up that Surface-Planar, I think it expects Face.

Any suggestions ??

RE: Limit deform area

Sounds like the Indent feature would work better for what you're doing than the Deform feature--especially for sheetmetal.  Try it out--I've done this several times and it works.

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe trumps reason.

RE: Limit deform area

(OP)

Quote:

Sounds like the Indent feature would work better

Tried - could not make it work - I suspect it is because the deforming tool sticks out of the mat'l being deformed - I am trying to make kina "mat'l stiffening groove" - NOT local deformation within mat'l boudary.

RE: Limit deform area

(OP)
This time around I tried to Deform Push Surface in the middle of the sheet metal - the tool shape stayed well within the sheet metal area.

The funny thing is - when I plunge the tool deeper, the undeformed surface stays "flat" but when I plunge the tool less, the undeformed surface gets all sort of "wrinkles". One would think the opposite would happen.

What am I doing wrong here ?

RE: Limit deform area

(OP)
I will try something else - the earlier suggested Indent with a trick - since I believe Indent toll has to remain within deformed metal I will initially make the sheet metal part larger, do Indent and than trim the sheet metal part to final size.

RE: Limit deform area

(OP)

Quote:

I will try something else ...

Yeap , happy to report it worked. Still have a few small things to fix, but generally it's O.K.

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