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Solid Edge University 2014
May 12-14, Atlanta, GA, USA
SOLID EDGE UNIVERSITY 2014
Re-imagine What’s Possible #SEU14
Sheet Metal a Hands-on Experience
Steve Webb Field Support Applications Engineer
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Agenda for Draft Hands-on Experience
• Who am I?
• What you will learn?
• Hands-on learning
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About: Steve Webb
Steve Webb
Solid Edge Field Support
Siemens PLM Software
Steve is an Applications Engineer in the Solid Edge Field Support group.
He has over 27 years of experience in Mechanical Design Engineering and Mechanical
CAD. He has held roles as an Application Engineer and Educator at Siemens PLM
Software, PTC, Saratech Inc and Moderntech SI. Before moving into the CAD Industry,
Steve applied his CAD knowledge in industries including hydraulic gear pumps, high
speed packaging equipment, and textile equipment. He holds a two year drafting
certification from the Williamston Career and Technology Center.
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What you will learn
Does your company design sheet metal parts? Do you need a better understanding of how to model those
parts using sheet metal design? If so, then this hands-on session is for you. We will walk through step by
step modeling sheet metal using Solid Edge ST7. We will look at tools that will take a part model and
convert it into sheet metal, and how synchronous sheet metal will help you create sheet metal faster and
easier than you ever have in the past.
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• Open Completed_Electronics.asm
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• On the Quick Access toolbar turn off the perspective view
• On the Quick Access toolbar change display configuration to 01-Sheet Enclosure
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• Ctrl+Spacebar to turn on face selections
• Select the 2 thickness faces shown
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• Using the small arrow, drag flanges up to top corner and make sure bend is outside.
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• Ctrl+Spacebar to go back to part selection
• Edit in Place the Enclosure.psm
• Go into material
properties and select
Stainless Steel 304.
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• Rectangle by 2 points and draw this
• Pick the region and cut thru both
sides.
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• Face relate Coplanar
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• Face relate other face Coplanar
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• Drag this face to line up with the fan housing.
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• Drag back 2 flanges down to the midpoint of the fan housing. Will need to turn off coplanar live rule.
• Save
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• Ctrl+Q to turn off background parts
• Add partial flange with material inside 30mm long.
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• Add these Smart dimensions
• 30mm symmetrical and locked
• 21mm flange side unlocked
• Hide PMI Dimensions
• Save
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• Break corners 10mm
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• Show Slot sketch
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• Slot 4mm with rounded ends
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• Restore sketch107 under Used Sketches
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• Hole 8mm
• Hide sketch and PMI
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• Drag partial flange down .5mm
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• Gusset
• Fit with 2
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• Mirror all these features to other side about the Right(YZ) plane
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• Show background parts (Ctrl+Q)
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• Show the Emboss sketch
• Create a multi-body part model body
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• Drag out 55mm
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• Change the Tool body to construction
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• Add 10 degrees of draft to all faces
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• Double left mouse click the Target body to make it active
• Emboss command
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• Hide PMI
• Ctrl+Q to hide background parts
• Ctrl+Q to turn on background parts
• Create clearance cut for both switches with Project sketch with .5mm offset
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• Drag thru part
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• Tools tab and insert Bend Table
• Move bends for partial flange up
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• Flatten
• Click Sync bar in PathFinder to refold
• Save model
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Create Drawing
• Flat View scale 1:2
• Iso View scale 1:5 shaded with edges
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Create Drawing
• Insert Bend Table
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Contact Information
Steve Webb
Field Support Applications Engineer
Williamston SC
Mobile: (864) 396-3834
E-mail: