Punch in PROE

[MikeMinsterkett]

Hello,

I would like to create a punched hole in a tube. Is there a way to do this in PROE? Will it simulate the deformed material by the size of the punch? I would think it could do this but neve tried. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

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[DavidButz]

Can you give us more information? I can't tell from the jpeg what you are trying to do.

[MikeMinsterkett]

I have attached another picture below. In this one I have punched the hole I want. The problem is it doesn't deform the area around the whole. So I can't illustrate what is actually happening. I have created this part & punched it in sheetmetal. I normally don't use sheetmetal so I was thinking there might be something I am missing. I would think there should be some standard punches with more punch settings. I was talking to another Engineer about this & he said its standard or built in Solidworks. He tried it at home & it was created as it should be. I do run into these things with PROE sometimes where its there but just cant find it or don't have the right license for some module that we don't have. I hope this makes it more clear. Any help or suggestions is much appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

[DavidButz]

Mike,

Do you mean punching "in air" (as opposed to punching with a die backup), something like the following?:

This was built using Surface modeling techniques; two Surfaces were merged, a Round placed at the edge, the Quilt trimmed by another Surface, and the result finally Thickened. The Round could also be a Variable Radius Round to illustrate more closely what actually happens.

I have used SolidWorks before, but not extensively for sheet metal; I would be curious to see how it could do such a thing automatically without giving the system a lot of information about the characteristics of deformation, etc.

David

[MikeMinsterkett]

It is a complete tube I just made a half thinking if I could get it right I could just mirror it. I don't believe it is made with a die. The way it was explained to me in Solidworks is a deformation area is specified, then an extruded hole & depth. I just haven't been able to make much sense of the deformation area in sheetmetal. Are you familiar with it?

Thanks

Mike