Forming Tool 2

[Manley23]

Hello,

Can we create a customized forming tool in UG NX 7.5? Please suggest.


Thanks in advance,

Manley.

 

[joycejo]

In Manufacturing you can create a user defined tool and use this in a Planar Profile operation.

There is a section in the help docs on user defined milling tools.

John Joyce
N.C. Programming Supervisor
Barnes Aerospace, Windsor CT
NX7.5, NX9.0, NX10.0(Testing)
Vericut7.3.3

 

[Manley23]

Thanks John.

But actually I need to create a forming tool for a sheet metal part. Something like embossing. Is it possible to create emboss in sheet metal module? Please suggest.

I am new to UG and finding difficult to locate this command. Is this command called by some other name in sheet metal module?


Thanks in advance,

Manley.

 

[MFDO]

Sometime ago I was also looking for this function but couldn't find. So I used surfacing tools.

Michael Fernando (CSWE)

http://www.solidCADworks.com

Tool and Die Designer
Siemens NX V9.0 + PDW
SWX 2013 SP3.0 X64
PDMWorks 2013
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FastForm Advance
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[cowski]

Open the NX help file and go to CAD -> sheet metal -> creating sheet metal parts and features -> punch. Some of the options are dimple, louver, solid punch, and normal cutout. One of these may do what you need.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[Manley23]

Thanks Michael.

 

[Manley23]

Thanks Cowski.

But is there anything like customised punch tool. If you could help that would be great.

 

[cowski]

Have you checked the help file? It sounds to me like you want the "solid punch" or "dimple" command, but you will have to check for yourself.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[Manley23]

Thanks Cowski once again.

Yes you are right, the solid punch command pretty much serves my purpose. But can I save this and recall the same tool in a different part or do I need to create it once again?

 

[cowski]

You could create the punch body in its own file then wave-link the body into each sheet metal part where you want to use it.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[Manley23]

Thanks Cowski,

I think my problem is solved.

 

[JohnRBaker]

And you wouldn't even have to WAVE link it into your subsequent sheet metal models where you needed to reuse the body of the 'Solid Punch' if you were not interested in having an associative relationship between some 'master' punch and all of its 'children'. In fact, you could create either a 'family of punches' are a series of individual ones, as stand-alone solid bodies, that could be accessed via the Reuse Library.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[Manley23]

Thanks JohnRBaker for the info. Could you please shed more light on creating "family of punches"

 

[JohnRBaker]

Well lets say you have the need to create several different sized 'embossed' feature on your sheet metal parts, but the basic shape are similar, just different sized, like width and depth. You could create a master template part for your 'Solid Punch' body using Expressions to control the size of the relevant features of the body, like the sketch dimension used in the sketch for the extrude, teh height of the body, any taper and blends, etc. Once this was done you would create a Part Family where you'd use a Spreadsheet to store the explicit parameters for each 'punch' in the family of punches. Then you would add this master template part to the Reuse Library and when you needed a 'Solid Punch' body, you'd go to the reuse library, add the item to your model after picking which family member that you were interested in.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[Manley23]

Thank You very much JohnRBaker. That was very informative.

 

[MFDO]

Would it be possible to apply Forming Tool function to regular (Non Sheet metal) parts?

Michael Fernando (CSWE)

http://www.solidCADworks.com

Tool and Die Designer
Siemens NX V9.0 + PDW
SWX 2013 SP3.0 X64
PDMWorks 2013
Logopress3
FastForm Advance
FormatWorks

 

[JohnRBaker]

Yes, there's a function called 'Emboss Body' which might give you what you're looking for.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[MFDO]

Thanks John

Michael Fernando (CSWE)

http://www.solidCADworks.com

Tool and Die Designer
Siemens NX V9.0 + PDW
SWX 2013 SP3.0 X64
PDMWorks 2013
Logopress3
FastForm Advance
FormatWorks