Overview this comprehensive suite of creo sheet metal design tools helps users create features such as walls bends punches notches forms and relief features.
Creo sheet metal flat pattern.
And k factor value can be determined by calculating the position of neutral axis or bend allowance.
The result is parametric fully associative solid models of sheet metal parts and assemblies.
There is a way around this using simplified reps.
You can include the flat pattern representation in a combined view.
Value of bend deduction and flat pattern are shown in result section.
Use k factor calculator to calculate k factor values.
Using a variety of y and k factor bend allowance calculations designers can create flat patterns of the designs.
Enter k factor values.
As the majority of our sheet metal parts are used in larger assemblies this method would not resolve the issue we are having.
The flat pattern feature is persistent about being the last feature in a model tree.
Calculation of neutral axis position is a tough task.
To sum up sheet metal flat pattern can be calculated using the k factor.
Here are the steps to be followed to calculate sheet metal flat length.
Keep default values in calculator as zero.
When you display combined views you can toggle between views and see how the flat piece is affected by modifications to the master representation.
Enter flange length internal radius and thickness values.
Whereas bend allowance can be calculated by using reverse engineering method.
This work around is specifically geared toward maintaining a master rep as you default assembly part where the sheetmetal part remains in the formed condition by default.