Just a couple of tips for you from someone who regularly does Sheet Metal parts design. (1) All breakpresses (benders/folders) bend upwards so ALWAYS show the view that shows the bends as upwards otherwise it's easy for the guy doing the bending to screw up. Not so much of an issue with a simple symmetric part like yours but really important on parts that look symmetric but are NOT, therefore a great habit to get into. (2) I generally get the laser guys to etch (with the laser) the bend lines as a secondary proof to the PDF's to show them they are bending in the right place. (3) For parts where there are different bend directions, say 2 in one direction and 1 in the other, I show always them with the greater number up (2 up and 1 down in this case). Right at this moment I'm doing a 6 x bend radius that approximates an R50mm bend so the back-stop of the breakpress becomes useless to measure each bend distance. With the laser etched lines they just do it by eye. I normally go one step further and etch the bend directions and bend angles (if not 90deg) as well. I show the bend lines but have "Show Bend Extents" permanently turned off as they are just a distraction and a potential for errors for the bending person. The more fool proof you make the job the less mistakes are likely to be made. Hope this helps. Good video by the way. As an ex-SolidWorks (including sheet metal) guy I came here for A360 sheet metal drawing help so thanks.
I appreciate the feedback, that’s all really great advice! I’ve had etchings done for bend lines before, but I’ve also had places accidentally not get power settings right and burn through instead. There are time trade offs to consider based on the project as well, but I really didn’t want to dive too far in for a basic video like this. Maybe I’ll make one implementing that advice, as it’s all really good! Thanks for watching, glad you found it helpful!
I've been trying to find a well explained video about sheet metal drawings for awhile! I'm glad I found yours! Thanks for the video! Keep up the good work!
when I go to create a drawing of a sheet metal part, there is no "representation" option to choose "Flat Pattern." Any thoughts on how to get that to show up? Or another way to show bend lines?
So once you do this, you would send to the manufacturer the PDF plus the DXF file with just the outline of the part, or just the PDF is enoguh ? Thanks for the video :)
Just a couple of tips for you from someone who regularly does Sheet Metal parts design. (1) All breakpresses (benders/folders) bend upwards so ALWAYS show the view that shows the bends as upwards otherwise it's easy for the guy doing the bending to screw up. Not so much of an issue with a simple symmetric part like yours but really important on parts that look symmetric but are NOT, therefore a great habit to get into. (2) I generally get the laser guys to etch (with the laser) the bend lines as a secondary proof to the PDF's to show them they are bending in the right place. (3) For parts where there are different bend directions, say 2 in one direction and 1 in the other, I show always them with the greater number up (2 up and 1 down in this case). Right at this moment I'm doing a 6 x bend radius that approximates an R50mm bend so the back-stop of the breakpress becomes useless to measure each bend distance. With the laser etched lines they just do it by eye. I normally go one step further and etch the bend directions and bend angles (if not 90deg) as well. I show the bend lines but have "Show Bend Extents" permanently turned off as they are just a distraction and a potential for errors for the bending person. The more fool proof you make the job the less mistakes are likely to be made. Hope this helps. Good video by the way. As an ex-SolidWorks (including sheet metal) guy I came here for A360 sheet metal drawing help so thanks.
I appreciate the feedback, that’s all really great advice! I’ve had etchings done for bend lines before, but I’ve also had places accidentally not get power settings right and burn through instead. There are time trade offs to consider based on the project as well, but I really didn’t want to dive too far in for a basic video like this. Maybe I’ll make one implementing that advice, as it’s all really good! Thanks for watching, glad you found it helpful!
Can you explain more point one i don’t understand it
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Great video!
I've been trying to find a well explained video about sheet metal drawings for awhile! I'm glad I found yours!
Thanks for the video! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the feedback! Glad you found it helpful!
when I go to create a drawing of a sheet metal part, there is no "representation" option to choose "Flat Pattern." Any thoughts on how to get that to show up? Or another way to show bend lines?
So once you do this, you would send to the manufacturer the PDF plus the DXF file with just the outline of the part, or just the PDF is enoguh ? Thanks for the video :)
If they’re going to be doing the cutting of the part and the forming, then they will need both the DXF and the PDF. Glad it helped 😊
well explained...))
Glad you found it helpful!