Sheet metal recognition

 

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This command converts a modeled part with TopSolid or from a file recovery (DWG, Step, Parasolid, etc.) in sheet metal.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Click the icon or select Sheet Metal > Sheet Metal by Recognition... from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Select a reference face.

  2. Select a thickness driver mode:

Automatic:

The normal face opposite the nearest reference face determines the value of the sheet thickness.

Forced:

Allows to manually enter the thickness.

For example, when recovering a Step, DWG document, etc. or the result of sewing faces gives a thickness of 1.98 mm, you can force the thickness to 2 mm. The topology will not be modified but the achieved sheet will behave like a "real" sheet with a thickness of 2 mm during the unbending and using the bend tables.

But the forced value must not be different from the actual sheet thickness.

 

  1. Validate the sheet metal creation with the button.

 

Available Options:

 

 

TopSolid verifies permanently the coherence of the faces selected, i.e. TopSolid verifies that all faces of the first side are properly connected to each other and that the faces of the second side are also properly connected together. If this is not the case, the faces detected as "badly identified" are indicated in red and a warning label is positioned over them.

If the shape is a surface or if it was solid and becomes surfacic, the operation will be invalid with this option.

Also if the shape has edges with a length smaller than the operation tolerance, the shape will be invalid with this option.

 

The Deactivate the inspections option does not carry out this verification.

 

 

You can quickly change the type of face by right-clicking and displaying the popup menu:

 

 

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