Sheet metal bend angle in design table
Sheet metal bend angle in design table
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I have a sheet metal part with a lot of bends in it, and I want to make an animation demonstrating how it's bent. For one set of bends I was able to make design table driven configurations increment the bend angle. However, for some reason it won't do it for the second set of bends. It tells me that "D4@SketchBend20" is an invalid dimension name, exiting table without model update. If I create the configurations manually and change the angle of the bends, then it changes it in all the configurations. Is there a step I did the first time through that I'm missing now?






RE: Sheet metal bend angle in design table
I've found it easiest to manually create at least two configs having all the variables set at different values, and then use the Auto create option when creating the DT.
RE: Sheet metal bend angle in design table
Are you remembering to select the This configuration only option?
Did you make a typo' in the "D4@SketchBend20" parameter in the DT or was it auto-created?
An alternative may be to use the Unfold tool to 'flatten' the sheet, and then Fold each bend in sequence. A config can be made at each stage. This would not be as smooth a transition of bending as the incremental bends via a DT, but would show the sequence.
RE: Sheet metal bend angle in design table
RE: Sheet metal bend angle in design table
Just curious, why are you using the sketched bend method to create the part?
RE: Sheet metal bend angle in design table
Essentially the part is a long U shape of sheet metal with certain notches in it to allow it to be bent into an arc. It has about thirty of these bends in it, and it seemed like a sketched bend was the easiest way to do it. The rebuild time is fairly high, though, and if there's a more effective way to create it, that'd be good to know.
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RE: Sheet metal bend angle in design table
RE: Sheet metal bend angle in design table
The basic shape can be whatever you need. I just used the Polygon tool to produce a multi-faceted shape as a quick example.