bending parts in solid edge
bending parts in solid edge
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Hi,
I've made an extrusion as a part file and added a cut-out for bending. Now I know how to switch from part to part sheet metal to reveal the bending option but that doesn't work. Is there another way to add a bend to an extrusion?
Thanks in advance!
Andy
I've made an extrusion as a part file and added a cut-out for bending. Now I know how to switch from part to part sheet metal to reveal the bending option but that doesn't work. Is there another way to add a bend to an extrusion?
Thanks in advance!
Andy





RE: bending parts in solid edge
The only way I know of transforming a .par to a sheet metal is by transforming it into a synchronous sheet metal.
RE: bending parts in solid edge
Gonna try this one and let you know! :)
Thanks!
RE: bending parts in solid edge
How do you transform a part to a synchronous sheet metal?
Grtz,
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RE: bending parts in solid edge
RE: bending parts in solid edge
Can you post the part or a picture of it and a description of what you are trying to do
bc.
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RE: bending parts in solid edge
attached you'll find the extrusion and details of the cut out (where the bend should come). Of course, the whole part isn't uniform thickness but I've created a uniform thickness where the bend will come so technically, this should be possible... Solid Edge doesn't think this way though... :)
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RE: bending parts in solid edge
Solid Edge has no facility to that.
I suggest you re-create the part as a swept protrusion, or as a frame in an assembly model.
bc.
Core i5-3570 @3.4GHz , 8GB RAM
Quadro FX4600. W7 Pro 64-bit.
RE: bending parts in solid edge
The thing is that I want the unbended part for production purposes. They need to see how the cut-out looks like and they also need to know the exact place of the bend...
Okay, thanks for helping!
RE: bending parts in solid edge
RE: bending parts in solid edge
Ah no, I just tried that...
RE: bending parts in solid edge
Maybe only using .psm for the simple part that needs to bend and then add .par files to it with an assembly to create the whole extrusion. If I get the constraints a little bit okay, than it should be possible to unbend/bend the .psm part and let all the .par added parts follow the bend/unbend action... Confusing huh...or not? :)