Select a Material Item for a Sheet Metal Part

Sheet-Metal Design

You can select the material of a sheet-metal part as follows:

The material selection is based on a Flow database

If you are connected to Flow, select a material item for a sheet-metal part in Flow with the Select button. The material selection will also determine the plate thickness.

The material selection is based on a Vertex database.

The following data can be saved for a single material item:

  • Label - Material's item label. Shown in the part list.
  • Thickness (sheet) - Offset in the first sketch or tangential shelling.
  • Part Density - For weight calculation.
  • Part Color - You can distinguish between different materials in the assembly model.
  • Stretch Calculation - Name of a parameter program. Includes the bending data used for a part. Bend allowance or table row. The correct data is conveyed to manufacturing.
  • cncKad Material Code - From the cncKad program's own database.
Figure 1: For example in the dialog box Extrusion Data: Thin Feature, in the section Material, with the Select button, you can select these properties with a single selection.

The used sheet materials are in a database where all parameters are defined. You can save new sheet metal materials in the database. Materials - Sheet Metal Part

Note:
  • The database item label can be linked to the item database information. If a sheet database item is included in the item database, its data can be copied to be used as a part's item data.