Sheet metal bends in drawing
Sheet metal bends in drawing
(OP)
I got a question: I have a part with two bends (flanges). In the drawing, I want to show the intermediate stage (the part dimensions after the first bend) in a separate view so the part can be checked after the first step. Of course I need the formed view(s) plus the flat pattern to be shown, too. Is there a simple way to do that in UG?





RE: Sheet metal bends in drawing
RE: Sheet metal bends in drawing
RE: Sheet metal bends in drawing
Using Extract you can check the option to At Timestamp and not have the extraction change with features added after the extraction. In this way you can Extract at timestamp and show that Body on a separate layer. Then you can add the bend to the original part solid and do another extraction at timestamp onto a different Layer. Then in your drawing hide the extract layers on the finished part view and show only the Extracted body layers in your views for showing the Fabrication stages.
With this method all your changes can be done in one part file and not have to have several parts to manage with wave links.
Michael
RE: Sheet metal bends in drawing
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