dleczynski Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 import sheet metal brep to sheetmetal ironcad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) import sheet metal brep to sheetmetal ironcad I have tried to emulate what's been shown in this brisk video, but can't get the same result. It seems that the steps are; 1) Bring in sheetmetal stock and adjust thickness to match BREP thickness. ( it's not clear if the stock has to land flat onto the BREP ) 2) Drag BREP over to catalogue to placxe copy there. 3) Delete BREP in scene 4) Drag BREP ( left mouse click ) onto Stock 5 ) Suppress stock 6) BREP will now inherit stock propertise that will enable it to have standard sheetmetal features ( such as bend ) added to it. If that's what's meant to be done, what part of the magic am I missing? Ideas please? Harley Edited November 27, 2014 by HDEAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Andersson Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Very nice tip! import sheet metal brep to sheetmetal ironcad 38908[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Very nice tip! You can get this to work? That's encouraging. I wonder what I am doing wrong then. Is it to do with the placement of the catalogue part onto the stock - is there some additional key-stroke that does not show in the video? I interpret the steps in the video as mentioned in previous post. Harley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Andersson Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 What is not working for you? The thing this trick do is that you can add bends and stuff to your imported solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 What is not working for you? The thing this trick do is that you can add bends and stuff to your imported solid. I can't do the bends or anything to the imported BREP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Foy Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Harley, I had the same problem: It didn't work. Then I figured out this fine point: Before dropping the Brep part into the catalog, you must select it at the Brep level (not the Part level) by drilling down. It must be in the catalog without its "part wrapper" in order to join itself to the sheet metal part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dleczynski Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Harley, I had the same problem: It didn't work. Then I figured out this fine point: Before dropping the Brep part into the catalog, you must select it at the Brep level (not the Part level) by drilling down. It must be in the catalog without its "part wrapper" in order to join itself to the sheet metal part. 39878[/snapback] upload a model, always works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) Then I figured out this fine point: Before dropping the Brep part into the catalog, you must select it at the Brep level (not the Part level) by drilling down. It must be in the catalog without its "part wrapper" in order to join itself to the sheet metal part. 39878[/snapback] Sweet - works for me now with that one tiny but ever so important extra step . Thanks ever so much Eric and dleczynski. Edited February 14, 2015 by HDEAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELLISON Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The two points to watch out for (in my opinion) are: 1. Make sure you drop the part at the intellishape level into the catalog. 2. Make sure the thickness of the stock you drop in is set the same as the Brep file. I made a video on this for a client, hope it helps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5t3MKzPG3s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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