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bend angle dependant bend radius

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Snied

Mechanical
Sep 29, 2011
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Is it possible to define a bend_angle that changes when the bend angle is modified. I am calling in the sheet_metal_material_table.txt for the BEND_RADIUS a table.

TABLE
NAME,Bend_Radius_Table_FR121
INPUTS,ANGLE
45,0.9
90,1.1
135,2.1
180,0.25
END_OF_TABLE

But allways the result for the Bend Radius is 0°. Does anyone have an idea how to handle this?

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i wouldn't expect much from sheet metal, it's basically a solid edge module, and as such is not very editable or parametric.
IE, once you've created a "full" flange, there's no way to change it to "at end" and many other edits like that..
 
once you've created a "full" flange, there's no way to change it to "at end" and many other edits like that..

I don't know what version you have but that seems to work perfectly fine here in NX7.5.

Can't help with the question though. Why would you want to make a part with different bend radii? It's not very practical.

NX 7.5
Teamcenter 8
 
We are using an air bending maschine. If you are bending the sheet with the same tools but with different bend angles you get two different bend angles.
I want to define a material for each tool. If I select this sheet material the radius has to change with the bend angle.
 
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