Onshape Sheet Metal

To create one or more hems on existing sheet metal parts first have a sheet metal part in the part studio.

Onshape sheet metal.

Sheet metal tab add a tab to a sheet metal flange remove interfering material if appropriate or bridge two flanges from the same sheet metal model. This webinar will discuss the newly released sheet metal functionality. Engineer ı product designer ı onshape consulting partner. Select the edges or side faces along which to create hems.

Product developer wes johnson calls the new capabilities amazing south carolina engineer wes johnson co founder of parmetric a new rapid prototyping service has been one of onshape s early visibility testers for. Sheet metal tabs are reflected in the model and in the flat pattern. Sheet metal is lightweight inexpensive and easily formed into almost any shape. Using a roll form machine in sheet metal is also very common the simplest form is a cylinder but shapes can also be made with varying radi and i have the need to the incorporate this with sheet metal bends.

However for all its versatility it is usually confined to the very mundane task of providing the world with cases covers and brackets. Onshape s approach to designing sheet metal parts has many advantages. Onshape saves you time with parametric modeling 2 0 a fundamentally better way to model using multi part design configurations simultaneous sheet metal tools standard content and managed in context design. I have modelled up a sample cross section of a sheet metal part here i have determined the rotation axis using a sketch however i.

In this webinar we took a look at the sheet metal tools available and how to get the most out of them. Designing with sheet metal in onshape april 18 2019. Here s an example of a part i d like to unfold with rolls and bends. Introducing onshape sheet metal february 14 2017.

While in a part studio click. Topics include creating sheet metal parts the sheet metal table and flat view and defining other settings. This functionality is available on onshape s browser ios and android platforms. However i am having trouble determining the rotation axis once i have split the underlying sheet metal model.