Creo Sheet Metal Flange Vs Flat

Changing a bend with the constant flange lengthoption selected.

Creo sheet metal flange vs flat.

When you use the corner relief flange or conversion tools to create feature specific relief then the flat pattern displays the relief as you set it using the tools. Is there any way to take a flat file and bend along a line. This work around is specifically geared toward maintaining a master rep as you default assembly part where the sheetmetal part remains in the formed condition by default. Below is the basic example of the flat and flanged walls.

I am able to make the flat flange from a dxf but do not want to bend along and edge but rather bend part way down the face of the file. The flat pattern displays the corner relief as set in the relief area of the sheetmetal preferences dialog box. Constant flange lengthkeeps the distance between the apex and the end of the wall fixed. There is a way around this using simplified reps.

20 oct 2016 applies to pro engineer and creo elements pro wildfire to wildfire 5 0. As one who daily works with sheet metal design and fabrication use outside flange lengths for several reasons. When you figure flat pattern length you simple add up all the outside flanges and subtract the bend deductions. The flat pattern feature is persistent about being the last feature in a model tree.

Difference between sheetmetal flange flat features in pro engineer and creo parametric modified. Information regarding the difference of flange and flat wall features for sheet metal. In the image below i would like to bend along the construction like that is 2 009 away from the righ. Flange wall gives you control over the cross section of the wall.

No worries of forgetting a material thickness along the way 3. Constant flat lengthensures that the length of the unfolded wall is not changed. Changing a bend with the constant flat lengthoption selected.