Hey Guys,
We are getting our sheet metal parts cut by a vendor who uses awater cutter. In order to tell the machinest exactly where to bendthe plates we are adding tabs at each end of the bend line. Withthese very small tabs the machinist can now line up the sheet metalunder the stamping die, knowing exactly where to bend the plate.These tabs however are currently added via a tedious process. Icould model them for every sheet metal part i have but want a fastprocess where i can just add these tabs to all bend lines. I havetried to develop a library feature but it gets screwed up when iadd it to the opposite side of the bend line. Anyone have an ideahow to make a library feature for this process work properly?
The current tedious work process:
1. Draw a circle of 1.5mm diameter at the endpoint of the bendline.
2. Extend bend line to the circle
3. Draw a line from the intersection point of the extended bendline/circle to the sheet metal edge/circle intersection point.
4. Repeat step 3 above for the other intersection point.
5. Cut existing sketch to create a triangle.
6. Extrud this triangle to create the support tab for bending.
Best Regards,
Arnt.SolidworksSheet Metal
We are getting our sheet metal parts cut by a vendor who uses awater cutter. In order to tell the machinest exactly where to bendthe plates we are adding tabs at each end of the bend line. Withthese very small tabs the machinist can now line up the sheet metalunder the stamping die, knowing exactly where to bend the plate.These tabs however are currently added via a tedious process. Icould model them for every sheet metal part i have but want a fastprocess where i can just add these tabs to all bend lines. I havetried to develop a library feature but it gets screwed up when iadd it to the opposite side of the bend line. Anyone have an ideahow to make a library feature for this process work properly?
The current tedious work process:
1. Draw a circle of 1.5mm diameter at the endpoint of the bendline.
2. Extend bend line to the circle
3. Draw a line from the intersection point of the extended bendline/circle to the sheet metal edge/circle intersection point.
4. Repeat step 3 above for the other intersection point.
5. Cut existing sketch to create a triangle.
6. Extrud this triangle to create the support tab for bending.
Best Regards,
Arnt.SolidworksSheet Metal
