Hello,
I am trying to create a form tool that has a Lance on top of an Emboss. When I try to insert it I get the "part thickness may not be compatible" error. My minimum radius is .0785, and no matter how much I exaggerate the part thickness (literally down to .002") the error remains.
I can separate the Lance form tool from the Emboss form tool by suppressing geometry and I can come up with either a lance or an emboss that work just fine on their own. Because I need a lance on top of an Emboss this option accomplishes nothing because SolidWorks tells me I cannot overlap form tools by placing even a small lance on the flat face of the emboss created be the form tool.
Is there a way to incorporate a Lance and Emboss into a sheet metal part?
P.s. I need five of these on the same part, so it needs to pattern well as well.
Thanks in advance.
I would think the issue comes from the tangency that is likely ocurring at the back of the lance and the radius as it comes around to the top of the form itself. I would also guess that it will take two hits to make that in any case, though I'm assuming that it's a turret operation and someone like Wilson Tool is making the tool.
I might try to model the emboss form alone, then use sketched bends to complete it.