Onshape Sheet Metal

Using a roll form machine in sheet metal is also very common the simplest form is a cylinder but shapes can also be made with varying radi and i have the need to the incorporate this with sheet metal bends.

Onshape sheet metal. To create one or more hems on existing sheet metal parts first have a sheet metal part in the part studio. Designing with sheet metal in onshape april 18 2019. Choose a direction using the flip arrow. However i am having trouble determining the rotation axis once i have split the underlying sheet metal model.

I am in the middle of trying to make a featurescript that lets the user fold a sheet metal part. While in a part studio click. Sheet metal tab add a tab to a sheet metal flange remove interfering material if appropriate or bridge two flanges from the same sheet metal model. Sheet metal tabs are reflected in the model and in the flat pattern.

Onshape s approach to designing sheet metal parts has many advantages. This functionality is available on onshape s browser ios and android platforms. Product developer wes johnson calls the new capabilities amazing south carolina engineer wes johnson co founder of parmetric a new rapid prototyping service has been one of onshape s early visibility testers for. However for all its versatility it is usually confined to the very mundane task of providing the world with cases covers and brackets.

Select the edges or side faces along which to create hems. Engineer ı product designer ı onshape consulting partner. In this webinar we took a look at the sheet metal tools available and how to get the most out of them. Here s an example of a part i d like to unfold with rolls and bends.

This webinar will discuss the newly released sheet metal functionality. Sheet metal is lightweight inexpensive and easily formed into almost any shape. Onshape s new sheet metal tools were created to streamline the collaboration between designers and fabrication shops. Onshape saves you time with parametric modeling 2 0 a fundamentally better way to model using multi part design configurations simultaneous sheet metal tools standard content and managed in context design.