Hi Guys,
I'm struggling to find the right way to model this......
Sheet Metal? Form Tools?
It has a two stage angle in punch and I can't seem to get the bends to work in sheet metal, but form tools is a whole new ball game for me!
Any advice appreciated.....
Thanks
Thanks Eduardo, having watched a tutorial it seems straight forward enough. One thing though....will a form tool be able to create those "relief splits" in the corners too?
Steve,
Haven't made a form tool in a while, but it looks like it would get you started. I took a quick stab at getting the tears in the corners but it didn't like that. Some more experimenting might do it but I'll leave it to you.
Thanks Erik! That'll get me started off, I may have to add the tears manually afterwards.....thanks again!
Hi again Erik,
I tried making the form tool and even used your test tool, but everytime I drag them in to my sheet metal part, I keep getting errors saying it's creating disjoint bodies...I think it's a bug with SW from what I've briefly read up on.
Attached is what I'm trying to reverse engineer from the dwg...long shot I know!!
Any ideas?
Thanks
Steve,
It's a bit obscure but if you were to wade through the help files long enough you'd find the part where it tells you that in the Design Library any folders that have forming tools (you can add folders in addition to the default ones) need to be checked as Forming Tools Folder as shown below. Right click on it to get the drop down menu and click Forming Tools Folder. Mine was not checked by default.
I never did find where in Help it tells about this, just remembered when I got the question about trying to make a derived part.
I just took another quick stab at getting the tears to work with the forming tool. No go, but it did remind me that on a part like this, the mirror feature (mirror body if possible) could make life easier.
The right way is using forming tools. Unless you enjoy projecting curves and trimming using surfacing. I suggest you learn forming tool. Good luck!