Convert Sheet Metal To Solid Ptc Creo

Solid model conversion to sheet metal we do a lot of sheet metal fabrication and often have a need for flat patterns.

Convert sheet metal to solid ptc creo.

If the solid part is a complex shape that really couldn t or at least shouldn t be made of sheetmetal it may not convert well. I only need flat pattern from time to time. Do you want good geometry or do you need flat pattern capabilities. So you have to pick your poison.

And if you try to fix them it doesn t do fold unfold well. Creo doesn t do corners well. Otherwise you can always convert your part back to solid model and work with it at your content. If the solid is something that would make sense as sheetmetal the conversion shoudl be simple.

A ptc technical support account manager tsam is your company s personal advocate for leveraging the breadth and depth of ptc s global support system ensuring that your critical. If you use my technique transform solid model to surface and then you use offset feat. Sheet metal conversion two examples in this tutorial you can learn how to use sheet metal conversion modelling technique in proe or with same logic in creo parametric. How to switch from sheet metal to solid part in creo parametric modified.

22 feb 2017 applies to pro engineer and creo elements pro wildfire to wildfire 5 0. Solid to sheet metal distinc elements another way would be to use copy geometry functionality the way creo is meant to use to do the things you do with multi body parts in other programs. How well it will convert is dependent on the solid part. Either do the first part as surface geometry and use it as a skeleton part in an assembly or just do the part in sheetmetal as you have and make.

This video was created based on question from a comment under my video on youtube channel.