rip in sheat metal

[gpkk4]

what is rip in sheat metal and what for it is used

 

[design-engine]

When you model a solid (non sheetmetal) part and use the shell tool to hollow it out you can convert the part to sheetmetal. With a convert tool you can convert all the edges to rips and with some innovative use of those rips design the part to unfold a specific way. With the rip tool you can simply split one wall in half so the unfold works like you want.

Edited by: design-engine

 

[gpkk4]

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[gpkk4]

thanks for that man . i can understand what u say can u give me an example with procedure .

 

[hopper213]

Rip is an option in the create bend feature. It is under relief. Basically when you bend a part it gets loaded with stress. Rip pretty much allows it to crack at the end of the bend line.


Example:


2009-01-16_172500_bend_radius_test.zip