Catia V5-6r2015: Sheet Metal Design

The CATIA V5-6R2015: Sheet Metal Design student guide enables students to create features that are specific to the sheet metal modeling process. Students are provided with a process-based approach to creating sheet metal models. Each step in the process is discussed in depth using lectures and several hands-on practices. This student guide focuses on the Generative Sheet Metal Design workbench.

Topics Covered

• Generative Sheet Metal Design workbench
• Sheet Metal terminology
• Sheet Metal process
• Sheet Metal parameters
• Primary wall creation - Profile, Extruded, Rolled, and Hopper
• Defining walls
• Secondary walls - Wall on edge (automatic and sketch based), Tangent, Swept
• Cylindrical bends
• Bends from flat
• Unfolded view
• Corner relief
• Point and curve mapping
• Creating standard stamps - surface stamp, bead, curve stamp, flanged cutout, louver, bridge, flanged hole, circular stamp, stiffening rib, dowel
• Punch and die
• Punch with Opening Faces
• Sheet Metal features - Corners, chamfers, cuts and holes
• Feature duplication
• Patterning - rectangular patterns, circular patterns
• User patterns
• Converting a solid part to sheet metal
• Output to DXF and drawing

Prerequisites

CATIA V5-6 R2015: Introduction to Modeling