Creo Parametric Modeling with Augmented Reality

CHAPTER 12Sheetmetal Modeling

FIGURE 12.1 Heavy Duty Joist Hanger

12.1 Introduction

Majority of the products you have encountered are manufactured using sheet metals (Figure 12.1). The sheet metals are used in air‐conditioning ducts and furnace flues, air cowls, awnings, canopies, electronic enclosures, roofs, gutters, etc. Every time you receive or ship a product in mailboxes, you are using the sheet metal product. Sheet metal products are punched, stamped, or burned out of flat material and bent to the required shape.

In this chapter, we will learn sheet metal tools, their similarities, and how they differ from each other to product the needed product model. Additionally, we will learn how to generate a sheet metal drawing on the template we custom developed on Chapter 5.

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

After completing this chapter, you should:

1. Understand Modeling Sheet Metals.
2. Use Bend Components
3. Use Flat Components
4. Apply Variable Options
5. Develop drawings for Sheetmetal parts

E1 EXERCISE 1 Bolt on Bracket

For this exercise, we will develop a heavy‐duty metal bracket out of a 0.25‐in. plate (Figure 12.2). Notice that the drawing illustrates traditional orthogonal views of the part from three sides. Later, we will also develop a drawing to illustrate the unbent part directly cut from the Sheetmetal. Because this drawing is a communication between various parties, the ...