Sheetmetal Design Overview

Sheetmetal > Sheetmetal Design Overview

The Sheetmetal Design Help describes the tasks for creating sheet metal parts and features using Creo Parametric. Refer to these help topics for information on using the Sheetmetal Design environment, tools, and techniques.

Tasks for Sheetmetal Design
• Setting Up a Sheet Metal Design ◦ Setting Sheetmetal Preferences ◦ Defining Bend Allowance and Developed Length ◦ Defining a Bend Table ◦ Setting Fixed Geometry ◦ Setting Defaults and Parameters ◦ Converting to Sheet metal Parts • Multiple Bodies in Sheet Metal Parts ◦ About Multiple Bodies in Sheetmetal Design ◦ Operations on Sheet Metal Bodies • Adding Sheet Metal Walls to a Design ◦ About Creating and Modifying Walls ◦ Creating Attached Flat and Flange Walls ◦ Creating Extruded Walls	• Modifying Walls ◦ Adding Relief ◦ Ripping Material ◦ Rounding Sharp Edges ◦ Creating Sheet Metal Cuts ◦ Using Punch Forms and Die Forms ◦ Adding Notches and Punches ◦ Bending Walls ◦ Unbending Walls ◦ Bending Back Walls • Preparing a Design for Manufacture ◦ Creating Reports ◦ Creating a Flat Pattern Manager Feature ◦ Previewing Flat Patterns ◦ Creating a Detailed Drawing

Tasks for Sheetmetal Design

• Setting Up a Sheet Metal Design

◦ Setting Sheetmetal Preferences

◦ Defining Bend Allowance and Developed Length

◦ Defining a Bend Table

◦ Setting Fixed Geometry

◦ Setting Defaults and Parameters

◦ Converting to Sheet metal Parts

• Multiple Bodies in Sheet Metal Parts

◦ About Multiple Bodies in Sheetmetal Design

◦ Operations on Sheet Metal Bodies

• Adding Sheet Metal Walls to a Design