Sheet metal Forming

[AC_10274110]

Hi, 

Creo-8

I would like to get sheet metal part with different thickness after forming ( coining ) operation 

like the attached image below. Any idea 

[BenLoosli]

Creo Sheet Metal is for press brake operations of uniform material thickness. Die forming is a different operation and cannot be done in the sheet metal module.

Model your section profile and revolve it will be the best method for creating the solid model boss/dimple to your required thicknesses.

You could model the cross-section into a press brake operation to get an approximate 'flat pattern' length, but die forming does not deform the material the same way a press brake operation does.

[Patriot_1776 · Accepted solution]

As Ben mentioned, sheet metal, while you can do punch and die operations, it will NOT (to my knowledge, at least with Creo 😎 thin the material out.  You COULD do all the work in sheet metal, and then MANUALLY do a cut to thin the material out.  OR try and do it as a regular solid model and make a shell feature with different thicknesses and it MIGHT work.