There are just to many more pro s then con s to not to do this.
Pulling sheet metal on a tank.
Use the pull tool to offset extrude revolve sweep draft and blend faces.
Make it a surface not a solid then select the face of the tank and use the thicken tool in the part model environment.
Below are some examples of our sheet metal shaping and custom built aluminum sheet metal work for pulling tractors including hoods dashes fenders side shields fire walls skid bar wrap and dropped frame covers.
Mark hayes this sheet metal rule i have been posting on different times on this page for 3 or more years now.
The lack of suppliers in this specialty type of work and customer demand has forced us to ramp up operations to accomodate the desire to have a one stop shop to get a new chassis and tin work under one roof.
When converting a sketch to 3d pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid.
Then slice the tank where you want the seam turn it into a sheetmetal part then select the thickness of the sheet select the outside.
To pull sheet metal parts.
Pulling tractors and sheet metal september 24 2009 01 04pm.
The last several years have led to developing designs techniques patterns and functional sheet metal parts for pulling tractors.
Tool used to distort or deform geometry.
I have had many conversations with many pullers and many officials with many mixed opinions mostly from the.