Articles on ‘Sheet Metal’

Creating a hopper in SE ST Sheet Metal

6 December 2012, by Alan No Comments
Sheet Metal, Synchronous Technology, Tips

This video takes you through how to create a hopper (that can be flattened) in Solid Edge sheet metal using synchronous technology. 587 total views, no views today

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Synchronous Technology in sheet metal

21 November 2012, by Alan 1 Comment
Sheet Metal, Synchronous Technology, Tips

Synchronous Technology can give big benefits in modelling sheet metal to allow you to quickly design  from the ground up and none more so that when some of your flanges are at an angle. I was asked recently how to have two flanges that were not at the traditional perpendicular (90°) measure the same from

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Creating slots with symmetric offset

28 June 2012, by Alan 1 Comment
Parts, Sheet Metal, Solid Edge, Tips

Creating a slot in Solid Edge is very easy. One method would be to construct it with circles and tangent lines and then trim out the internal sections of the circles. This works OK, but you need to constrain the geometry well with relationships and dimensions to keep it as you would require it. 849 total

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Sheet metal bend direction in draft

9 March 2012, by Alan No Comments
Drafting, Sheet Metal, Solid Edge, Tips

When you you are in the draft environment, it is possible to use callouts to label the bend direction, bend angle, etc using special callout labels. 502 total views, no views today

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Working with the Feature LIbrary

4 January 2012, by Alan No Comments
Parts, Sheet Metal, Solid Edge, Tips

Creating and Using The (Ordered) Feature Library  Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to learn how to create and re-use a feature from the Feature Library. In this case we shall create a pair of positioned holes in a sheet metal part, although these could be created in either a sheet metal or part

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