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In-Depth Information
Sheet Metal Design
You can you make sheet metal parts by bending and forming flat sheets of metal. In NX,
sheet-metal parts can be folded and unfolded enabling you to show them in the flat pattern as
well as their bent-up state. There are two ways to design sheet-metal parts in NX. Either you
can start the sheet-metal part from scratch using sheet-metal features throughout the design
process or you can design it as a regular solid part and later convert it to a sheet-metal part.
Most commonly, you design sheet-metal parts in Sheet Metal environment from the begin-
ning. In this chapter, you will learn both the approaches.
The topics covered in this chapter are:
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Tabs
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Flanges
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Bend Allowance
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Bend Tables
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Counter Flanges
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Hems
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Close 2-Bend Corners
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Bends
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Jogs
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Dimples
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Louvers
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Drawn Cutouts
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Beads
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Gussets
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Etches
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Embosses
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Cuts
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Convert to Sheet Metal
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Rip Corners
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Flat Pattern
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Export to DXF or DWG
