solidworks - creating a forming tool
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
By
st_fanuc
Not everyone interested in sheetmetal, but I've been looking at sheetmetal products likely such as stamping and curious how the SW users make the design. One thing should be noted is that whatever you bend in the sheetmetal feature, will be available in the flat pattern, so you only need to make the correct design, and you could see the flat pattern with just one click
The only thing that bothers me, is what will we do if we have customized stamping tool,that are not available in SW library? the answer was simple, we can make it and put it in our library
This is how you do it:
1. Create the shape of your tool
5. Select the required face(s) under Faces to remove.
8. Now it is the time to save the form tool in the proper location.
9. Click on File > Save or Save as (in case you’re editing an older form tool).
10. Browse to the location where you want to save the tool (you can save either in the forming tool folder under design library or create a new folder in case you want to share the form tool over a network). Give a proper file name (I have used Eliptical Loft) and select Form tool under File type. I have created a new folder under forming tool folder in design library with the name “My tools” to save/store the new form tools.
Yes it's done already, pick your tool and start stamping !
The only thing that bothers me, is what will we do if we have customized stamping tool,that are not available in SW library? the answer was simple, we can make it and put it in our library
This is how you do it:
1. Create the shape of your tool
2. In case you need a flange shape, you might want to add fillets to the base, and remove the base
3. After you have create the shape required, go to Insert > Sheet Metal > Forming Tool or click on Forming Tool feature on the sheet metal toolbar.
4. Select the required face as Stopping face
5. Select the required face(s) under Faces to remove.
6. Click OK to exit the command.
7. The required colors will be added to faces as per the selection and a sketch with the name Orientation sketch will be added on the stopping face.
7. The required colors will be added to faces as per the selection and a sketch with the name Orientation sketch will be added on the stopping face.
8. Now it is the time to save the form tool in the proper location.
9. Click on File > Save or Save as (in case you’re editing an older form tool).
10. Browse to the location where you want to save the tool (you can save either in the forming tool folder under design library or create a new folder in case you want to share the form tool over a network). Give a proper file name (I have used Eliptical Loft) and select Form tool under File type. I have created a new folder under forming tool folder in design library with the name “My tools” to save/store the new form tools.
Yes it's done already, pick your tool and start stamping !
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I don't know the term 'solidwork' but I assume you mean objects of significant size (sometimes called extended objects, as opposed to point objects).. . The centre of mass (CoM) of a structure is the same as the centre of gravity (CoG) for all practical purposes. CoM and CoG are often used interchangeably though there is a subtle difference in meanings.. . An object may have a huge number of separate parts, each with its own weight. For static problems (no movement) the combined effect of these separate weights is the total weight and can be thought of as a single force acting at a single point; the point is the centre of gravity.. . If you have to do moment (torque) calculations involving an extended object, you only need to consider one force if you know where the CoG is; you don't have to deal with the weights of all the separate parts.. . There's a video in the link which might help. It also explains s the difference between CoG and CoM.
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