Flange i am currently attempting to set up user friendly templates for the various types of v clips i work with and i have a small dilema.
Creo sheet metal flat vs flanged.
Information regarding the difference of flange and flat wall features for sheet metal.
Changing a bend with the constant flange length option selected.
When you open legacy models created in creo parametric release 4 0 and previous releases in creo parametric 5 0 the tangent to bend depth option is replace by the on origin depth option.
Dave does your sheet metal part have a stepped flange as shown in the wikipedia picture on the right.
Difference between sheetmetal flange flat features in pro engineer and creo parametric modified.
Or is it just a flat piece you are adding the joggle.
Flat wall gives you control over the profile of the wall.
Constant flat length ensures that the length of the unfolded wall is not changed.
As one who daily works with sheet metal design and fabrication use outside flange lengths for several reasons.
When the tangent to bend depth option is used in a relation the relation is maintained but the result produced will be the.
When i create the main bend with a radius of about 0 09 i tend to lose varying amounts of material to create it.
Here is the basic explanation for the two sheet metal options.
Below is the basic example of the flat and flanged walls.
It purely depends upon the shape of the part that decides which one to use.
Sheetmetal fold vs.
From creo parametric 5 0 release the depth option tangent to bend in not available.
Flange wall gives you control over the cross section of the wall.
Constant flange length keeps the distance between the apex and the end of the wall fixed.
If i understand the sticking point of the question how can it be done using the sheet metal module of proe vs extruding.
When you figure flat pattern length you simple add up all the outside flanges and subtract the bend deductions.