Sheetmetal part and drawing dilemma
Sheetmetal part and drawing dilemma
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I have a formed part that is part of a weldment, basically a flat bar with 2 bends <45 deg, that has extra material on one end so the second bend can be made. Once formed, the part gets trimmed back on the one end closer to the bend. The problem is on the drawing the flat pattern needs shown with the "as cut" length and the formed part needs shown in the trimmed state. I've been trying to figure out how this could be done either through suppression, layers, bodies or some combination but haven't hit on a solution yet. Using NX9 and the drawing consists of multiple components of the parent weldment but not the weldment itself. Once upon a time when I used SWX, it could be done through a table and configurations. Am I overlooking something or is it not possible? Anyone know a way to do this? Thanks much.





RE: Sheetmetal part and drawing dilemma
RE: Sheetmetal part and drawing dilemma
RE: Sheetmetal part and drawing dilemma
deedub777 method is the same we've come up with for similar situations (operations after the laser cut).
We did ask Siemens if it would be possible to timestamp the flat pattern, don't know if anything happened with that though.
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NX 8.5 with TC 8.3
RE: Sheetmetal part and drawing dilemma