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Sheetmetal - wrap flat flanges onto a mating surface

Sheetmetal - wrap flat flanges onto a mating surface

Sheetmetal - wrap flat flanges onto a mating surface

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All,

I have 300+ sheetmetal brackets (one jpg example attached), they are all dimensioned with the flanges flat and we need to document them in this configuration and also the finished configuration. When they are installed onto a complex curved surface the tabs need to match the surface. What would be the best options to do this? We have NX 7.5, no advanced sheetmetal options, we were thinking of replace face as an option, it seems messy though since the flange lengths could change accidentally. Is there a match face or some other command we are unaware of? We do not need to have the bracket unbend at this point, so any modeling method would be acceptable.

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RE: Sheetmetal - wrap flat flanges onto a mating surface

(OP)
Anyone have anything that could worK?

RE: Sheetmetal - wrap flat flanges onto a mating surface

We also have same problem. NX should have some kind of "addaptive component" I think. For eg. we usually have to put some rubber components into the assembly. Of course rubbers looses its previous form. So you need to design at least two different components: as raw material, and deformed.
As for now there is no direct solution for this. Of course you can play with wave links, but its quite messy.

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