hi,
I am looking to develop a tubular chassis for production the main aim of which is to have the tubular sections laser notched and machine bent. i have constructed the chassis with the weldment structural member function and am struggling to find a way of firstly notching the ends of the tube correctly and how to i seperate the tubes and convert them for the laser cutters and bending operation?
Ive been using solidworks for a few years now and am currently using the 2013 student edition.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks Rich
Richard,
Welcome to the forum. For the notching, since these bodies were created with the Structural Shape function, won't Trim/Extend work?
After you're finished modeling the part, you can save the bodies as seperate parts or keep them as one multi-body part and have drawing views of seperate bodies, whichever works for you.