Geometry Workbench
To perform sheet metal formability analysis on a part, FormingSuite requires a skin (surface quilt) representing the mid-plane, inner or outer surface. If a solid model is imported, it will contain surfaces describing the top, bottom and edges (material thickness) of the part. When the part geometry is imported into FormingSuite, The Geometry branch of the Feature Tree will create a Part leaf. The Part leaf will contain all geometry associated with the model.During import FormingSuite will separate the model geometry into Points, Lines, Domains, and Boundaries. If the model geometry is a solid, there will be multiple domains. One domain will contain all the surfaces representing the top surface, another domain will contain all the surfaces representing the bottom surface, and finally a third domain will contain all the surfaces representing the thickness surface (shown below).
If the model geometry is a surface model it will also be separated into domains as shown below.
The Skin leaf will contain a copy of all the surfaces of the domain selected that will make up the surface quilt representing the mid-plane, inner or outer surface.
Part Folder
By right clicking on the Part branch, you may either:
Delete the part,
Edit the Property (name of the branch),
View the part Info,
Show/Hide Details (By default all details are shown), or
Add points & lines to the Skin leaf using Add to Skin (Grayed out until the Skin leaf is created)
By expanding the Points, Lines, Domains, or Boundaries leaves (to expand you will first need to right click on the desired leaf and select Show Details from the menu), all points, lines, and surfaces contained in each leaf will be listed. By right clicking on one or more of these elements you may either:
Delete the point/line/surface, or
View the point/line/surface Info
Skin Folder
By right clicking on the Skin branch, you may either:
Delete the skin,
Edit the Property (name of the branch),
View the skin Info,
Edit the Domain used,
Modify the Material Location (only for surface models), or
Show/Hide Details (By default all details are shown)
By expanding the Domain, Boundaries, Lines, or Points leaves (to expand you will first need to right click on the desired leaf and select Show Details from the menu), all points, lines, and surfaces contained in each leaf will be listed. By right clicking on one or more of these elements you may either:
Delete the point/line/surface, or
View the point/line/surface Info
NOTE: You will need to use the
Add to Skin function to create either the Lines or Points leaves in the Skin
branch.