Convert Sheet Metal To Solid Ptc Creo

Its very easy under options is a button convert to sheetmetal.

Convert sheet metal to solid ptc creo.

Imported geometry is sometimes hard to transform as sheetmetal model. Creo doesn t do corners well. I only need flat pattern from time to time. 22 feb 2017 applies to pro engineer and creo elements pro wildfire to wildfire 5 0.

A ptc technical support account manager tsam is your company s personal advocate for leveraging the breadth and depth of ptc s global support system ensuring that your critical. And if you try to fix them it doesn t do fold unfold well. Otherwise you can always convert your part back to solid model and work with it at your content. Solid model conversion to sheet metal we do a lot of sheet metal fabrication and often have a need for flat patterns.

How to switch from sheet metal to solid part in creo parametric modified. Sheet metal conversion two examples in this tutorial you can learn how to use sheet metal conversion modelling technique in proe or with same logic in creo parametric. If the solid part is a complex shape that really couldn t or at least shouldn t be made of sheetmetal it may not convert well. So you have to pick your poison.

Do you want good geometry or do you need flat pattern capabilities. I ve had almost no success with using pro sheetmetal but it s not the pro e end of it that is the problem i invariably find that my geometry is not convertable. How well it will convert is dependent on the solid part. This video was created based on question from a comment under my video on youtube channel.

If the solid is something that would make sense as sheetmetal the conversion shoudl be simple.