SHEET METAL

ANALYZE FORMABILITY – ONE STEP

 SHEET METAL WORKFLOW
Content : ESTABLISH BASIC PARTCHARACTERISTICS
DEFINE THE BASIC SHAPE OF THE PART
CONSTRUCTING BASE FEATURES
SHEET METAL CORNERS
SHEET METAL CUTOUTS
SHEET METAL DEFORM FEATURES
FLAT SOLID AND FLAT PATTERN
ADVANCED SHEET METAL COMMANDS
ANALYZE FORMABILITY – ONE STEP
AEROSPACE SHEET METAL
WORKING WITH NON-SHEETMETAL DATA
ANALYZE FORMABILITY – ONE STEP
Purpose
Use the Analyze Formability – One-step
command to flatten all or some faces of a sheet
metal part.
Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
• Perform complete or intermediate unforming,
or flatten a sheet metal part.
• Output the flattened profile or springback
faceted bodies for both intermediate unforming
or complete part unforming.
• Define different constraint types to control
unforming.
ANALYZE FORMABILITY – ONE STEP

Use the Analyze Formability – One-step command to flatten all or some faces of a sheet metal
part using FEM analysis and calculate the thinning, stress, strain, and springback to predict the
risk of forming.

You can:

• Perform complete or intermediate unforming, or flatten a sheet metal part.

• Output the flattened profile or springback faceted bodies for both intermediate unforming or
complete part unforming. You can also specify the target region and the unform region from
a different sheet body.

• Define different constraint types, both geometry and process, to control unforming.
ANALYZE FORMABILITY – ONE STEP

The flattened profiles are produced as spline curves and the analysis results are post-processed and
displayed in a color-coded plot mode. The analysis report is generated based on the subsequent
results.

Thickness results Stress results Strain results Flattened shape

ANALYZE FORMABILITY – ONE STEP

The Onestep Unform feature which saves your inputs and settings, is listed in the
Part Navigator, and can be edited if required. The data is retrieved when you
reopen the part file and run the Analyze Formability – One-step command.
Summary: ANALYZE FORMABILITY – ONE STEP

Use Analyze Formability – One step command to flatten all or some faces of a sheet metal part using
FEM analysis. Use it to calculate the thinning, stress, strain, and springback.

In this lesson you:

Identified the key preferences and environment settings.

Analyzed and flattened a complex sheet metal part.