Practice exercise

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This is a practice exercise video solution.

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To get started,

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we want to open the supplied data set,

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sheet metal bracket.F3D.

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We're gonna navigate to our sheet metal tools and begin by creating a flat pattern.

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We'll select the largest stationary face and say,

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OK.

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Once a flat pattern has been created,

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the next thing that we want to do is make

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sure that we can create a new detailed drawing.

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We're gonna right click on flat pattern

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and select create Drawing.

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From here,

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we want to make sure that we use all of the separate options that are required.

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We wanna make sure that we're using the ASME standard,

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in unit system,

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and an A sheet size.

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We'll select OK and then new detailed drawing will be created.

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Once the drawing is started,

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we can go ahead and place our drawing view.

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We're gonna set the scale to be 1 to 1.

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And we'll leave all the rest of the settings with the exception of visible edges,

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making sure that we're using the standard style that doesn't show our hidden edges,

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and we can say,

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OK.

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From here,

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we need to add a few details.

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Let's go ahead and zoom in.

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And start by adding center marks at the centers of each end of both slots.

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Next,

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we want to add a center line.

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We're gonna select the upper and lower portions of each of these slots and say,

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OK.

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Now we want to add some dimensions.

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We need to give some overall dimensions from the left side

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to the right side.

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We need to give an overall height dimension.

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And then we want to have some dimensions for each of the separate areas.

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In this case,

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let's go ahead and add a 3-inch dimension at the bottom,

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and we can dimension the slots overall width.

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It's radius value.

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And any other details you feel are pertinent.

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For example,

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the distance from this edge to this edge here may be a critical dimension.

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We're gonna right click and select,

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OK?

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And any dimensions you want to modify,

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we can double click on,

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and for example,

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we can add alternate units.

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This way we can display both the inch units as well as metric units.

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Let's go ahead and select close for that dimension.

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The last thing that we want to add is a bend table.

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From our tables menu,

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select the bend table option.

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We're going to place this in the lower right hand corner just above our title block.

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This will add ID numbers for each of the bends,

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as well as a direction,

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angle,

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and a radius value.

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The radius value is going to be in the default units of our drawing sheet,

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which is inch.

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In this case,

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add any other dimensions you feel are critical before saving your drawing.