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 canachoeve this with a library feature but still not fast enough.Anyone have an idea how to develop a macro for this? I have notprogrammed anything with the SW API. I just want all these tabs tobe added with one button.
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. Cut existing sketch to create a triangle.
5. Extrude this triangle to create the support tab for bending.
6. Repeat step 3-5 above for the other side of the bend line.
Best Regards,
Arnt.SolidworksApi macros
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 canachoeve this with a library feature but still not fast enough.Anyone have an idea how to develop a macro for this? I have notprogrammed anything with the SW API. I just want all these tabs tobe added with one button.
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. Cut existing sketch to create a triangle.
5. Extrude this triangle to create the support tab for bending.
6. Repeat step 3-5 above for the other side of the bend line.
Best Regards,
Arnt.SolidworksApi macros
