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Creo Sheetmetal at Hillphoenix. Gordon Walker 4/17/2014. Agenda. About Hillphoenix Case Division Products Modeling methods Tips. About Hillphoenix. A Dover Corporation Company started in 1887 www.hillphoenix.com Products Display Cases Refrigeration Systems Power Systems
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Creo Sheetmetal at Hillphoenix Gordon Walker 4/17/2014
Agenda • About Hillphoenix • Case Division Products • Modeling methods • Tips
About Hillphoenix • A Dover Corporation Company started in 1887 • www.hillphoenix.com • Products • Display Cases • Refrigeration Systems • Power Systems • Walk-in Coolers • More… • Focus on environmental sustainability
About Hillphoenix Case Division • Located near Richmond Virginia • Started with Pro/ENGINEER 19 in 1997 • Upgrading to Creo 2 in May 2014 • About 80% sheet-metal
Modeling Methods • Top-down subassembly with layouts (notebook), relations, skeletons, and programing. Limited use for highly configurable components. • Skeleton driven subassembly for complex geometry (also limited use) • Family tables – 90% of our product is offered in multiple sizes
First walls • Extruded –most common • Flat – usually for boxes • Surfaces converted to sheetmetal – complex geometry – often in conjunction with skeletons
Tips • Sharps to bends • Conversion feature • Tabs – pattern now works • Family tables • Copy / Paste / Mirror of walls