Nx Sheet Metal Thickness

Create a sketch in the xy plane and draw a rectangle centred at the origin with an x length of 60 mm and a y width of 50 mm.

Nx sheet metal thickness.

Set boolean setting as a none. In nx modeling complex uniform thickness parts often sheet metal are created either by using surfacing techniques and then thickening the result or by starting with a solid shape blending and then shelling the part to get uniform thickness. Go to menuæpreferencesæsheet metal in the sheet metal preferences dialog box. Siemens nx modeling thicken select face.

To set the sheet par. I saw a post kind of about this but it wasn t solved. Exit the sketch mode. If you still not decided the thickness keep it as minimum 1 or 2 mm.

Starting nx creating a new file opening file the mouse functions in nx 11 the left mouse button in nx 11. Sheet metal settings nx unigraphics for detailed basics of sheet metal watch my tutorial for sheet metal environment in catia playlist. Hide first solid body and use convert to sheet metal command on the new body. Click ok or apply to complete.

Preferences nx sheet metal part properties however when i go to tools expressions and change the thickness there it does not alter the thickness of the tab. If you want to select multiple faces its must be connected 5. I have to go to the tab s properties and choose formula for it s thickness where i can select the sheet metal material thickness. Is there a way to make this work.

Use the gage tab on the material table dialog in sheet metal to set the part thickness and bend radius. Steps to convert sheet metal component modeled in nx modeling to sheet metal application using sheet metal from solid option. Give the desired thickness value. The material table command can be accessed from the properties menu on the application button located in the upper left corner of the application.

In the graphics window select faces to add thickness. To convert solid to sheet metal bracket in nx. As well as siemens nx is best in basic part modelling it is also smooth with sheet metal designing here some start points and zero level tutorial for desi. The new solid body will be created.

Input value for offset 1 offset 2. If trick 1 not working. Start nx 11 and create a new sheet metal model called casing prt. 2 changing design parameters.

Set thickness value as a sheet metal thickness.