SHEET METAL BODY CONSTRUCTION METHODS
The C3D Geometric Kernel supports functions that permit to construct models of sheet metal structures. There are the following sheet body construction functions: plate and shell, as well as the following operations with sheet bodies: bend by edges, bend along a line, incision, bend based on sketch, flat pattern, corner cap, cut, adding a plate, stamp, louver, and bead. There is also a number of service functions for work with sheet bodies. Let’s call wide faces of the plate sheet plates, and call all other faces side faces. In this case the sheet bend face with smaller radius will be called the internal face of the bend, and the face with bigger radius will be called external bend face.
- Constructing a Sheet Body
- Pairing Sheet Body Bends
- Checking Whether a Face Can Be Fixed
- Searching for Faces for a Curve
- Searching for a Sheet Body Face
- Searching for a Mate Face of a Sheet Body Bend
- Searching for a Flat Sheet Body Face
- Searching for a Mate Face in a Sheet Body
- Determining the Distance Between Similar Faces
- Searching for Similar Bends
- Searching for a Tangency Point in a Sheet Body Bend
- Searching for a Bend Centerline