Limit deform area
Limit deform area
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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 ??
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
Jeff Mowry
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RE: Limit deform area
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
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
RE: Limit deform area
Yeap , happy to report it worked. Still have a few small things to fix, but generally it's O.K.