Sheet metal design in Solid Edge.docx

SHEET METAL DESIGN
IN SOLID EDGE
BY
SOMASHEKAR S M
Thanks to Siemens Digital Industries Software. This document intended for my
reference to deliver training.

3. Click & select metric sheet metal_psm
Click on New,
followed by Edit list
Select “Metric”” from
Template list Creation
Select “metric sheet
metal_psm
2

Step-1: Go to Rectangle, from dropdown select Rectangle by Centre
Step-2: Bring the cursor towards axis system, select the base plane (XY plane) & fix
it by pressing F3 key
Step-3: Click on centre yellow node of axis system and create a rectangle as shown &
dimension it using smart dimensions
Step-4: To provide thickness, Go to select

Click anywhere in the region of rectangle
Click on the arrow and provide thickness a 2mm (default is 1mm) & hit enter
Resulted feature which is referred as Base feature
Steering wheel

To create a cover, select any edge & click on the small arrow, extend it down till 30
mm
Similarly repeat same for the long adjacent edge

Resulted Feature
Similarly carry out the same activity for another long edge & short edge for complete
cover as shown

Resulted feature
Create a Flange:
Step-1: Click on the shorter edge & select short arrow as shown

Step-2: Pull upto some extent, repeat the same for other edge too as shown
Resulted feature
The same task is also performed by selecting all the edges & pull them simultaneously
for same size
Click on Front view as shown in bottom

Step-3: Add Holes
Fit the view as shown & Go to Hole command
Bring the cursor over the flange. In order to position the hole at midpoint,

Lock the face using F3 key & press C to locate centre & M for Mid-point to align. Refer
prompt bar
Resulted feature with dimension Fig (a).

Repeat the same task by creating couple of holes at mid-point as shown
Enter the dimension as shown

Step-4: For flatten view
Go to tools, enable flatten
Click on the face to be oriented upward in the flat(Refer prompt bar)

Step-1: Draw a rectangle and apply dimensions 100 x 100 mm & 2mm thick as below

Click anywhere on drawn rectangle region

By holding shift key select all edges as shown
Step- 2: Drop it down till 25 mm

Resulted Feature
Step-3: Draw some sketches over top face as shown (anonymous geometry)
34.74 x 19.82 rectangle 1

Similarly, some more features on same face as shown
Rectnagle-2
Rectangle with circle
Circle with dia 17.69 mm Circle-2

From Relate command click on make two equal elements and select the lines
Dia 28.81 mm

From same command click on Horizontal/Vertical and select two consecutive points
as shown
Step-3: Use cut command as follows

Go to cut command options & select Cut Extents, under that click on Through All

Again, Go to Cut command and select the regions as shown
Select “Wrap cut”” from Cut command toolbar & Right click to validate

Similarly do the same for rest (same procedure)
Resulted feature in unfolded view
Resulted feature in folded view after last right click
2nd Select the region & Right click to
validate
3rd
Click on Wrap cut
Right click to obtain Resulted feature unfolded & Folded view

In order to avoid poor quality corners

Step-1: Select a base plane & fix it using F3 key
Step-2: Click on Rectangle by centre command & draw the rectangle of 100 x 100 on
XY plane as shown

To add more sketch, Click on Circle command and select the face using F3 key
Circle command

To explore some more cut options
Click on the drop down of Cut-Face
Normal Cut Types
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Dimension is displaying from outside, which we
can change to inside

Click on Flange options for more
information about the width of bend

Step-1: Go to Draw toolbar & select Rectangle by centre.
Step-2: Select the base (XY) plane & lock it using F3 key.
Step-3: Draw a rectangle & apply dimensions (80 x 55 mm) as shown

Step-4: In order to close the corner, go to sheetmetal tool bar & click on 2 bend
corner command

Go to 2 bend corner, select either bend radius

History tree has record for all features, anytime if edit is necessary you can click on
specific feature from the tree

Step-1: Go to Draw toolbar & select Rectangle by centre.
Step-2: Select the base (XY) plane & lock it using F3 key.
Step-3: Draw a rectangle & apply dimensions (100 x 60 mm) as shown & select
anywhere in the region

Step-4: Go to Draw toolbar & select line command

Step-5: For Flatten view; Go to Tools>Enable Flatten,

Let us explore some more flat flange options
Step-1: Create a rectangular base plate with dimensions as shown (80 x 60 x 1mm)

Step-1: Go to draw toolbar, select rectangle by centre.
Step-2: Select & fix base (XY) plane as shown using F3 key
Step-3: Draw a rectangle (66x 100 mm) from axis centre as shown

Let’s take a look at additional bend options
Step-1: Go to Draw, click on Rectangle by centre, select the base (XY) plane and
construct a geometry as shown below

Go to Draw toolbar, and select trim command. Trim the sketch. Draw a concentric
circle & Resulted sketch is as shown

Holding the control key and pick the regions using select command as shown
Step-2: Provide the thickness equal to 1mm as shown

Resulted feature
Step-3: Go to line command & Draw a line across as shown

Go to Bend command as shown
Click on a line segment

click the handle to define the side of the material to bend

Step-1: Go to Draw command, click on rectangle by centre command and select the
plane. Start from axis point to draw rectangle as shown with dimensions as shown.

Go to Draw toolbar, click on
Move command and select on
“Rotate” command

You can jog the flange as moving cursor above and below. You can also use existing
options under Jog-material side as shown

Bend Activity- Extend profile option
Step-1: Go to Draw toolbar, Click on Rectangle by centre, select the base plane and
fix it using F3 key.
Step-2: Draw a Rectangle of 50 x 35 starting from axis centre as shown. And go to
select command. Click anywhere on the region of rectangle & give thickness equal
to 1mm.
Step-3 Draw the following sketches over resulted feature using line command

Step-4: For the longer line, do the following activities.
After this click on long arc as shown

Step-4: Go to Select toolbar and click on Select command

Step-5: Draw the bend lines as shown
1st Bend line
2nd Bend line

Step-6: Using Bend command construct following features

Step-1: Go to Draw toolbar, Click on Rectangle by centre, select the base plane and
fix it using F3 key.
Step-2: Draw a Rectangle of 55 x 55 starting from axis centre as shown. And go to
select command. Click anywhere on the region of rectangle & give thickness equal
to 1mm.

Go to sheet metal commands, click on 2-bend corner, from its options select
Circular cutout as shown
select the two-corner bends as shown

To pull the face as shown. It will symmetrically move on either side as Symmetric
option is enabled in Design intent table as shown

If you disable the symmetric option, it will move in one side only.
Let us keep symmetric option enabled

To get more into application of steering wheel, select the top face as shown. Grab
the steering ball towards edge of the face as shown
Holding anywhere along the periphery of the steering wheel rotate the top face till
200

Result:
Grab the middle ball & place it over the bend axis as shown

If you try to rotate the top face using steering wheel, it results in error as shown
Disable the design intent & rotate the face till 120 as shown

To make top face in parallel to bottom flange face, go to face relations commands,
select parallel command as shown
Select the face to be in parallel with other face as shown, right click to validate

Select the top face as shown & right click to validate

Result: Right click to validate
In order to align smaller flange edge with longer flange edge as shown
Click on the edge as shown.

If you try to pull this edge whole part will move along with it due to design intent
options such as thickness chain & relationships.
Disable thickness chain & relationships from Design intent options. Click on the
corner point of the longer edge as shown

When you create a new sheet metal part, the first thing you used to do is creating a
tab as shown
Upon selecting Tab command & click anywhere on geometry will gives you default
thickness (1mm in this ex) as shown

If you don’t want tab thickness to be 1 mm, you can change into 2 mm as here as
shown.
You can also change the same though Tab- Material Table as shown

Click on Tab-Material table & notice the current thickness of sheet is 2mm. You can
also change it to 0.5 mm as shown
After changed it to 0.5 mm click on Apply to Model in the bottom of the window

Result: You can notice the sheet thickness changed to 0.5mm as shown. Right click
to accept.

You can also change the thickness and add material to model from the pathfinder.
Go to path finder right click on Material (None) icon, select Material Table as shown
You can notice for changed thickness of sheet metal.

You can close this file, & open new sheet metal window & construct a rectangle.
Click on Tab command and anywhere along the geometry, you can notice the
default thickness restored back to 1mm.

In order to set default thickness to 0.5 mm

Go to C Drive, select program files & thereby siemens folder, Double Click on
SolidEdge 2020
Go to Templates, Metrics and open metric sheet metal.psm file as shown.

Go to Simulation, click on Material Table, in the same window, Go to Gauge
properties, Change the Material thickness to 0.5 mm & click on Apply to Model.
Save and close the file as shown

Now open new metric sheet metal file and construct a rectangle.

Click on Tab, select anywhere along the region of sketch, you will notice changed
default sheet thickness.

Select all the four edges holding ctrl key and pull it down upto 50mm down as
shown

Click on the bend you’ll find default bend radius (here it is 1mm as shown)
You can edit by clicking the bend radius and change it to 5mm

Step-1: Create a square profile of 50 x 50 mm size as shown

Step-2: Create an internal square cut profile as shown

From the sheet metal toolbar, select Cut command and click on Wrapped cut as
shown

Now click anywhere in the region of square profile & right click to validate
You can add any colour to the Body using Part Painter from View command bar.
Step-3: From Menu bar-Sheet Metal commands list, click on the “contour flange”
drop down and select “Hem” command

Identify any edge as shown
Result:

Using part painter, I’ve changed the colour of the feature as shown (Note: Once you
exit from the Hem command, no featural modifications are allowed
The resulted Hem here is of size 10mm as shown. Click on Hem options to change
the same if necessary
For 5 mm hem flange

Step-4: You can evaluate different position of hem from dialog box as shown
Step-5: Let’s evaluate Hem options
For Miter
If check in to Override global value of hemp flange and modify Miter Hem options

Step-5: Identify another edge, click on options from Hem dialog box and change
Hem type & click on OK
Result:

Try modifying the numbers and notice the adoptions.

Open new window of iso metric sheet metal. From “Draw” menu, select “Rectangle
by centre”. Select XY plane using F3 key and press ctrl+H (sketch view)
Step-1: Create Rectangle geometry as shown

From sheet metal command list, click on “Flange”, identify the geometry and provide
thickness as 1 mm and Press Enter key
From Sheet Metal command list click on “Contour Flange” drop down and select
“Hem” command. Identify the edge as shown

Without exit from the command, click on Hem options, change the Hem type as
open, enter Bend radius 1 as 0.70 mm and Flange length as 6 mm & click on OK
Result:

Save it as “Hem joint_1” and Go to New, Select Assembly of Active Model
Step-2: Identify the model from the functional tree so that selected model turns
green as shown
Press Ctrl + C followed by Ctrl + V to create the duplicate mode

Result:
Select the Face_1 to be assembled with Face_2 as shown. Click on Flip to maintain
the orientation

Select the Edge_1 to be assembled with Edge_2 and Click on Flip as shown
Result: Right Click to validate the same
Exit from Assemble command and select the Surface_1 as shown.

Pull the Golden arrow towards back, till get positioned as shown

Click on Surface_1 followed by select the Mate relationship and enter the distance
as 0.15mm as shown
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In order to shorten the flange length, Double click on Hem Joint_1.psm from
functional tree as shown. Save the assembly

Result:
Identify the edge as shown and pull back upto some distance as shown

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