model surface sheet creation

[Desmond]

I press that until today I used inventor to model.
in the top/down modeling (I think so), I found it very convenient to use a template file created by means of surfaces and build the axieme by importing partticolari as parts derived from the same model.

once created the model, creating the part is simple and fast: if the surfaces are done well, just create many flat faces consecutive, set the type of exhaust (as well as characteristics of the sheet) and the folded sheet took shape. there are other procedures (such as using thickening, but this is more binding).

I am learning from self-taught creo 2.0, so implicitly I apologize for the question probably stupid for those who have used it for a long time.
what is the procedure (best/more used/standard) to create a folded sheet starting from a surface as a model?
Obviously starting from the fact of having folds not necessarily to 90o.

thanks in advance for the answer.

 

[DANI-3D]

Hi.

the best method is to create a part in the sheet environment, insert it into the set, bound using the plans, at this point, staying together, you can model your piece and take as reference all you want: planes, points, axes, surfaces etc.

 

[Desmond]

Thank you for the answer.

in theory they are already in sheet metal environment. I created the skeleton through surfaces (I have to remember thicknesses: if towards the outside or the inside, but allow me to unleash the shape of the model/skeleton to that of the piece). with the surfaces I manage the shapes, then if the individual detail (always sheet) must have a variation of thickness, I just need to change the thickness parameter without touching the model.

to make "less possible processes", I found useful the offset function: in practice I cover the geometry of the skeleton that is composed of only surfaces, then I do the offset of the surfaces that I want to consider being part of that piece. I do it in "one shot" but unlike inventor that makes me do every single face by choosing the direction of the face, here I can not decide to make an external offset on a surface and an interior of the next surface.

excuse if I take advantage, to avoid opening a topic probably boring for those who already know the program: when I have to change a processing, I click on change, but it allows me to change only some parameters. does not bring me back to the initial condition of when I created the processing. Is there a way? For example: if I do the offset and exclude 4 surfaces, then I change my mind and want to exclude only 3, how do I do? in change I propose to change some parameters.

Thanks again.
and I'm still sorry for the trivial questions, but they're just beginning.

 

[DANI-3D]

and I'm still sorry for the trivial questions, but they're just beginning.

If you're in the beginning, start from the beginning. excuse the game of words, but if you don't know the individual commands of the sheet module you risk making a great confusion, do the simplest exercises, then start taking external references and without exaggerating with the parameters. before you go into strange environments you have to know carefully how to reason the new software.
If you need help, make a simple example, maybe post it, with precise questions that we can easily answer.