Catia Sheet Metal Tutorial

Sheet metal depends on certain parameters 1 thickness 2 bend radius 3 bend angle.

Catia sheet metal tutorial.

This video is easy to grasp and also very helpful if you are a beginner to catia. Bend radius 4mm or if you have a bigger fillet in your part like in the video r10mm put the biggest value click on the recognize feature. Select the dead solid. Catia sheet metal tutorial for beginners including edge and bend.

Catia v5 tutorial how to use generative sheet metal design. This duplicates a sheet metal feature symmetrically with respect to a plane. As you reduce the size of the sheet metal hole smaller size punches will be required. 1 introduction sheet metal introduction 2 primary walls and secondary walls 3 sheetmetal parameters 4 k factor and y factor 5 various sheet metal tools 6 creating sheet metal components.

Select a face that will be the support when part is flatten. The reference wire and the invariant point used to unfold the hopper must lie on the surface as well as the tear wire. L ᴫ 2 r y t θ 90. Click on sheet metal parameters.

Was this tutorial useful. Keep the part open but switch to sheet metal design application. Catia sheet metal design catia v5r19 introduction page 2 wichita state university sheet metal most parts can be created using just the part design and wireframe and surfaces tools. While placing the holes in your drawing please keep in mind that you should not make holes small enough to break the tool.

The video shows the basics of generative sheet metal design in catia v5.