Nx Sheet Metal Flat Pattern

This is the second in a series of articles highlighting what s new.

Nx sheet metal flat pattern.

The flat pattern feature is an essential component needed for sheet metal manufacture and nx12 has seen some valuable new functions. The sheet metal training is developed for engineers who create linear sheet metal products. All sheet metal features will be covered in this training. Create a part what you want.

Nx sheet metal provides a set of tools within the nx design environment that allows for simple and fast design of sheet metal parts dependent on their material and manufacturing process the most common of which is straight brake sheet metal forming. And select the pattern geometry tool under pattern feature. For solid just to check flat pattern in solid 3. Flat pattern in nx unigraphics 1.

The new flattening and forming command in nx 11 makes it easy. Select the geometry and specify the path in our example that would be the circle and the curve line respectively. Synchronous or ordered the when why and more. Attached is a sample part modeled in nx 6 0 based on your picture.

Click the flat pattern command. To create a flatten view in drafting. Your object will be flat but it will not show in screen but it will show in navigator. It contains both a flattened solid currently suppressed and a 2d flat pattern.

For example sheet metal flanges tabs contour flanges etc. Export flat pattern flat patt. For drafting 2 flat solid. Also some common modeling features such as sketch hole and patterns are used in this training.

It is simple to put both flat or bend view in nx drawing. In the sheet metal application select the face on the sheet metal model to specify a reference face for flattening. You can create a flatten unbended sheet metal view in the drafting. Nx12 has been a well received release from sheet metal users.

Creating fast accurate flat patterns is the goal of any organization that manufactures products which contain sheet metal parts. Activate the sheet metal application.