Convert Shell To Sheet Metal

Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it.

Convert shell to sheet metal.

Select the edge to rip as shown. In wf5 with your solid model applications sheetmetal shell do not select any faces and then done refs you will be prompted for the sheet thickness type in value and enter in creo2 operations convert to sheetmetal enter your wall thickness and tick middle button. Convert the part to sheet metal by clicking insert bends or insert sheet metal bends. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.

In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet. And here is the converted shell metal. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part.

Which means regardless where the model geometry originates you can convert it to sheet metal add sheet metal features and generate the flat pattern. Rule 1 you must have a consistent thickness. In faces to remove select the faces as shown. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied.

The convert process is complete. Let s start with the rules of sheet metal. I hope this help giov. Shell the block to 1mm so the part is of uniform thickness.

The original solid part is now a sheet metal part with sheet metal parameters complete with flat pattern. Autodesk inventor allows for converting models to sheet metal. This command acted as a shell command and removed the front face that was not included in any of the edge selections. Convert to sheet metal zip file size.

Click convert to sheet metal 3.