Hints on the use of ProEngineer for Sheet Metal （提示使用ProEngineer金属板）.pdfVIP

1B Integrated Design Project Hints on the use of Pro-Engineer for Sheet Metal Design (based on ProE version “Wildfire 2”) 1 Philosophy As was demonstrated in the final CAD sessions of part 1A, Pro-engineer has an application dedicated to sheet metal components, with the ability to flip between the folded component and the flat pattern (usually referred to as the development) as cut out prior to bending. Most modern cutting machines, whether using punches, laser beams or water jets, can accept DXF files, as produced by many CAD packages, as the main instruction input, thus making savings of time and effort while decreasing opportunities for error The following notes are a guide to the use of Pro-engineer in the IDP. Whilst modelling your design does require some investment of time, it will more than repay this when cutting out and modifying your chassis and other components as well as providing the power to check for interferences and to animate mechanisms As designers, it is important to remember that the primary purpose of producing a drawing or a model is to provide a statement of your requirement. Whilst a good designer will design for a method of manufacture, the role of a drawing as a set of manufacturing instructions is secondary, in that manufacturing processes evolve and skilled technicians will have their own techniques. When modelling a folded sheet metal component, your requirement is for the fully folded item and so this is what should be modelled. The power of ProE can then be employed to derive the flat development for cutting out and subsequent bending Example - Production of a simple bracket Launch ProE in the normal way, start a new model and immediately change the APPLICATION to Sheetmetal. (Confirm this and the icons on the right hand edge of the model window will change ) Until a first wall i