topic Re: Sheet metal bend pattern (repeat) in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Sheet metal bend pattern (repeat)

tenplus66 — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:48:19 GMT

I need to add multiple bend features on a sheet metal part, and need help with how to approach this design. Imagine a bent tab within a cut-out, repeated multiple time in a rectangular pattern. No problem to create & pattern the cut-out and no problem to create a single bent tab. But I can't figure out how to pattern the bends, other than doing them individually. The bend details are critical to the design and will certainly need to be adjusted during testing so I really need a parametric solution. Anyone able to help?

Re: Sheet metal bend pattern (repeat)

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:52:54 GMT

Not even a picture of an existing or similar part?

My crystal ball is in the shop for repair.

File>Export and then Attach your *.f3d attempt here.

Use the standard tools to get as best you can if you can't figure out the sheet metal tools.

Re: Sheet metal bend pattern (repeat)

tenplus66 — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:31:51 GMT

Sorry, should have attached the file. initially. Here's a screen shot of a test piece and also attached is the f3d file. I've patterned the cut-out, but really need to pattern the bend to repeat the tag.

Re: Sheet metal bend pattern (repeat)

schneik-adsk — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 20:55:55 GMT

You will need to bed each 1 by 1. You can use an equation to tie the angles together to make it easy to edit them all after creation.