hey guys i would like to be able to show the bend deduction value in a drawing of a flat pattern....is it possible to do this?
thanks,
hey guys i would like to be able to show the bend deduction value in a drawing of a flat pattern....is it possible to do this?
thanks,
Hi Rob,
I see the question is still hanging. If I understand what you want to do, I use a gludgy method shown in these screenshots.
I turn on tangent edges>font by RMC on the view. Then you can dimension the outside lines to 'show' what SW has used for the shrink.
Hope this helps.
What I did in my custom configurations is enter the material thickness note followed by it's bend deduction, ".060 ALUM - .092 BD" as the material description. It was easy for anyone doing a part and know they're using the right bend deduction then, same for the inspector. That printed right in the material block on the shop drawings. The drawback, only one material and bend deduction for the drawing sheet.
You can right click on the flat pattern in a drawing and select "Annootions" "Cut List Properties" which brings in the bend radius, blank size, thickness, marterial, no. of bends. etc...
I'd like to know how you can use the properties to a linked note that is customized. How can you retrieve the cutlist properties in a linked note? $prp etc...
The text shown in the field is;
<length>
<width>
<thickness>
<bbox-area>
<blank-area>
<outer-cutting-length>
<inner-cutting-length>
<num-pieces>
<num-bends>
<bendallowance>
<material>
<weight>
<description="<cut-list-description>">
<bend-radius>
How can you use those properties in a custom note?
Good afternoon Keith,
Did you try $PRPSHEET:{length} etc......
Later,
John
John,
I can not get a Note to populate with the same data. I must be missing some character or ??
Good afternoon Keith,
You might not have it in your data base file....
Or, Make sure you have the spelling, caps and spaces exactly the same,
Later,
John
Good afternoon Keith,
One more thing you also need to have the same info in the part custom properties.......
There are a bunch of Custom Property Builder Posts on the forum do a search......
Later,
John
Hi Bernie,'
How are you?
Does it mean that you use the Thickness Prop. and add in the Kf, BA or BD value? Ex in mm : 4 / BD 6.9669
Its sound simple. Very good idea.
Have a great day from Brisbane
Fred,
I use Custom Properties extensively and import data from Excel as well. I attached a picture of my Custom Property form, whatever I select is posted to the Material box on my drawing. I thought I mentioned before that I use actual bend deductions for the majority of my work. I have been bending sheet metal for 40 plus years, I know what I will get.
Sorry the picture is so big!
Fred
I would like to let you guys know that i have figured this out and i will share the information with you guys once i have a second....below is a picture of what i have made, basiclly its a modified cutlist table that has the properties i need in it!
I think this is a fairly important part of sheet metal drawings, and so far there is no standard solution provided by Solidworks. I have only seen people use macro's to accomplish this. I am planning to get with SW to get it to where it becomes a property, just like thickness and mass. If you're using a gauge/bend table, and use SW to interpolate the actual bend deduction or allowance, you can't find the actual value anywhere, so it would be nice to have a way to extract it from the part in some way or the other.
Edit, Just vote for this Enhancement Request: SPR#134320