Hi all.
I need your help. I received a STEP file from one of our customers. Can you tell me how to convert this assembly to a sheet metal assembly?
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267830-LN01-DISHWASHER 2BACS.stp.STEP (3.9 MB)
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Hello
No miracle, non-native files such as step, iges... do not allow direct import with the construction functions.
You have to import it into SW and try to make a recognition of Feature Works functions and in particular for sheet metal.
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Hello @oana.dragos
Could you post the right file because it's called BACS.step.STEP
Otherwise I would like to @remrem and remind you that even if you convert all the parts you will have no constraint between the different volumes and therefore for your assembly you will be forced to recreate them all to have a real assembly, otherwise the parts will wander in all directions.
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Hello
There is no automatic solution. Sheet metal feature recognition only works if the workpiece is clean. But this automatic or interactive recognition fails most of the time without showing the defect.
Converting to sheet metal has the same results, but using it in step-by-step mode gives good results and can save time compared to manual reconstruction.
For example, this sink mask has a small, imperceptible error in two folds that the conversion refuses to process. Faces that intersected. I corrected this with a volume function before moving on to the conversion to sheet metal. See attached file to better understand.
V 2018. The conversion lasted 1 min. Time to find the mistakes.
Choose the fixed side and then click on the folds by gradually moving from the fixed side outwards. As long as there is no mistake, the folded faces take on the same color as the fixed side. The slightest mistake causes the color to change. Look at the fold in detail and repair. Then start the conversion again.
267830A01T - DIVING TOP.stp.sldprt (605.9 KB)
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Hello @soring
Do you have a method to convert all the pieces at once?
I do it piece by piece by opening and converting and it's very long when there are many pieces.
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Uh... No. I made only two pieces that I tracked down as sheet metal. I don't have a bundled solution. Of course, the stamping must be redone. For example, the sink that is not convertible. The only difficulty would be to detect any defects.
The sink converts flawlessly. The black parts underneath (1 mm stamped) are curiously not in the step so not taken up in the conversion.
If it is of interest to @oana.dragos it is easy to add
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Indeed the sink is convertible. What seems weird to me is its thickness of 2mm. Usually a deep-drawn sink is 0.6 max.
But hey, the others (all of them) are easily convertible in a few clicks. On the other hand, I lost the taps when importing the step.
267830-LN01-PLUNGE CABINET 2BACS.zip (7.6 MB)
Thank you all for your answers. It really helped me. So when I have a STEP file (an assembly), I need to import each part into SolidWorks, and then I need to convert it using Feature Works?
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Hello Oana
- Feature works yes when it works. The advantage: this results in sheet metal functions that can be modified later. So useful when you want to modify.
- Conversion from volume to sheet metal if you don't want to make changes afterwards. The result is a sheet metal part. Flattening OK but no modification possible except for the thickness
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