Just convert the imported 3d model into a creo sheet metal part by defining a driving surface and you re ready to go.
Creo sheet metal planar bent.
I don t know what you re actual geometry is but i m not sure we are talking about the same thing.
Without this data the curves may unfold to 2d splines.
Convert a part to sheet metal.
The split area splits the driving surface into two or more areas and you then add a bend to the surface you want to bend no need for an additional extrude to refill geometry.
There s also some rarely used features in sheet metal and a practically unknown feature in regular pro e that can help with bended tabs.
Now that you have a sheet metal part just go to the edit bend.
It purely depends upon the shape of the part that decides which one to use.
Sheet metal design using pro sheetmetal in general it is most effective to create sheet metal designs in their bent state and then unbend them for flat pattern geometry.
Rolling a sheet in creo hi there.
In order to create or work with bend order tables you need your sheet metal part to be in a bent condition.
Video shows how to create a planar bend in sheet metal environment using creo parametric.
Ironically if i wanted to roll a flat sheet into a tube with a bent edge i could do that.
Therefore parts created with versions of creo elements direct sheet metal prior to 8 0 may not unfold to 2d as expected.
With creo 4 now it s just as easy.
I couldn t get the right options to fold the edge the way i hoped.
It is not necessary to create the design in the order of manufacture.
Create your design as per your design intent.
Sheet metal parts can be.
You cannot create or edit a bend order table on a completely unbent part.
See convert a solid part into a sheet metal part for details.
Flange wall gives you control over the cross section of the wall.
This information is used by creo elements direct sheet metal to retrieve original analytic curves for bend areas including punched bends in a 2d unfold.
How to create sheet metal bend through flat area.
2 2 sheet metal conversion 2 2 1 ripping the shell in figure 2 does not yet represent a piece of bent sheet metal as it is not yet obvious which edges are folded and which are not continuous ripped.
Below is the basic example of the flat and flanged walls.
Select the create conversion feature the top icon to right of model screen and the smt.