Standard Forming

 

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This command modifies a sheet by inserting a pre-defined template.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Click the icon or select Sheet Metal > Standard forming... from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Select the shape to modify.

  2. Select a Positioning frame from the template.

  3. Enter the angle value of the rotation around the Z axis of the positioning frame. The Reverse option allows to reverse the forming side.

  4. Select a pre-defined template and select a code or enter the driver values.

  5. Validate the modification of the sheet with the button.

 

 

The pre-defined template can be added to a face of the sheet or a lateral face.

 

 

Modifications / Additional information:

 

A pre-defined template can be repeated or copied on another face of the sheet.

 

Example of repeated shaping and associated unfolding.

 

 

 

  • The pre-defined template depends on the thickness of the sheet, if you modify the thickness of the sheet, you must be sure the template exists in this new thickness.

  • The unfolding will not take into account the distortion created by inserting the component. It is possible to define in your templates, a substitution sketch. This sketch which will be inserted in place of the deformation frontiers on the unfolding. It can be composed of several profiles, it must be defined in the XY plane of the positioning frame and the generic document must provide the Standard Forming Unfolding Section (TopSolid Mechanical library) function.

  • It is possible to use a substitution section only if the deformation has a substraction tool and a non sheet metal union tool. Effectively, in the case of a single substraction tool, TopSolid considers that the user wants an opening corresponding to the shape of the tool. In the case of a sheet metal union tole, TopSolid considers that the user wants unbend the added section.

  • It is possible to include a deformation on a cylindrical face, but nothing will be transferred to the unfolding:

    • Edge colors transferred are not the default colors of local deformations (orange), but those of internal openings (gray).

    • If there is a replacement section, it cannot be transferred.