Sheet Metal Rules

You can create a rule in the Quality Rules Reuse app to check the distance and ensure that a gap exists between sheet metal features.

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape representation containing at least two Sheet Metal features and a rule base.
  1. From the Compass, click the west quadrant, and select Quality Rules Reuse
  2. From the action bar, click Expert Check .
  3. Select the rule base relation in the tree.
  4. In the Expert Check Editor, rename the check, and then click OK.
  5. Enter a statement in the area to specify that the check is to be applied, for instance, on all the holes. To do so:
    1. Double-click <Add new argument> and enter Hole.
    2. Select the Hole type in the Type scrolling list.
  6. To display the Language Browser dialog box, click
    Two functions exist for the sheet metal package: SHMFoldedDistance to check in folded views and SHMUnfoldedDistance to check in unfolded views.
  7. Select SHMFoldedDistance and click close the dialog box.
  8. In the Expert Check Editor dialog box, define the rule using the following syntax:

    SHMFoldedDistance(Hole.SHMBodyForDistance,Bend.SHMBodyForDistance)>20

    The rule checks that the folded distances between holes and bends are bigger than 20mm.
  9. Click OK.
  10. To solve the rule base, click Solve.
    Light icons associated with the check are displayed, indicating whether the check is valid (green light) or not (red light).

To have further information, see the Quality Rules Reuse User's Guide.

Note: Solids do not have a SHMDistance attribute as well as the following commands: Axis to Axis, Rotate, Symmetry, Order Process, and Recognize.