sheet metal dimple 1

[tominsky67]

Is it possible to create a sheet metal dimple with 2 different depths? I need a dimple with a dimension of 5.25x3 but with one half at .82" deep and the other half at about .44" deep. The halves are separated by a 45 degree slope.

Pretty much like this picture shows....

http://www.uesint.com/upload/propic/0907-0514_top.jpg

Thanks! I'm using V15.....

Tom..

 

[chenwei]

Tom,

SE does not allow you to create a dimple with different depths. You will have to switch to part evnironment to create it by part features.

Chen

 

[cadsman]

TOm,

Try this, I am not sure if a double dimple would work?

http://www.geocities.com/segurucool/nestdimp.htm

Frank

 

[donyoung]

Tom,

First you *can* make a dimple in a dimple. To get close
to what you try to achive here is one sample in V19-Format:

Dimple in Dimple

it's a little bit tricky -- I've rolled back the features
so you can step forward one at a time

HTH

dy

 

[donyoung]

/Edit

Oops! I've overlooked that you are using V15 -- then this
approach won't work because some features are not available
in V15.

dy

 

[donyoung]

Tom,

so that you have at least a model, below find the one now
in Parasolid V15 that you should be able to open.
Open with file type set to .x_t and then select normal.psm as
target format.

Dimple in dimple (Parasolid)

BTW: in the othe one in V19 format the second dimple must
be recomputed otherwise it won't show up

dy

 

[donyoung]

Tom,

here is the model in V14 Format, someone with V14 did
it for me. It follows Chens' suggestion.

[Link

Http://files.incobase.de/Press_V14.zip

]Model[/url]

dy

 

[tominsky67]

Don, the Parasolid link does not seem to work....
By the way, thanks for all the replies....

Tom..

 

[donyoung]

Tom,

I've deleted it because you can use the one of my last
post. The Parasolid one would have given you a dumb
solid only without any history -- so not very useful.
And those who have V19 can use the full model.
BTW: modeling it in part used far fewer steps then
to model it as 2 dimples ...

dy

 

[tominsky67]

.... so I guess modeling it in part is the way to go...

Thanks guys.

tm