| When people hear about Boeing the first thing that | | | | requires precision and accuracy. For instance, bend |
| will come into their minds is airplanes, really huge | | | | allowance should be precisely estimated. Do the |
| airplanes. It is not surprising considering the fact that | | | | wrong calculations and chances are your metal |
| Boeing's iconic 747 has lorded the skies for many | | | | product would not fit your requirements. There are |
| years. Before the Airbus A30 came out, the Boeing | | | | old-school equations that would help you do accurate |
| 747 was considered as the largest commercial | | | | metal bending work, but manual calculations would |
| passenger aircraft. That is a record that it held for | | | | really take time. |
| almost 37 years. | | | | But with sheet metal software, you would not have |
| Perhaps Boeing would be forever stamped into the | | | | to worry about figuring out calculations. You can |
| public minds as the manufacturer of the Jumbo Jet, | | | | accurately determine required initial strip width in no |
| but Boeing also contributed significantly to the | | | | time. You also would not worry about inaccurate |
| development of the computer-aided design (CAD) | | | | bending allowance. Software would ensure that bend |
| technology. In fact, it can be fairly said that CAD | | | | allowance is 100 percent accurate. |
| technology has its roots in Boeing when the company | | | | Other essential things that you can do with sheet |
| established its "Master Dimensions" group to speed | | | | metal software are as follows: |
| up development of a viable space plane for the US | | | | -View draft diagram in 2D or 3D. |
| Air Force's X-20 Dyna-Soar program. | | | | -Determine maximum force required for each bend. |
| Although the X-20 project was not able to produce | | | | -Calculate minimum over hang required for each bend. |
| the desired space shuttle prototype that the Air | | | | Sheet metal bending work would not only make your |
| Force was planning back then, the project was, | | | | work easier, but it will also significantly reduce the |
| nevertheless, significant since it paved the way for | | | | time that you will need to spend in your workshop. |
| the development of more sophisticated CAD | | | | And spending time with your family is really important. |
| technology. | | | | Nobody wants to exchange their family for their |
| Our world today would not be imaginable without | | | | work. As much as possible, we would like to spend |
| CAD technology. From simple t-shirts to roaring | | | | more quality time with our wives and kids. |
| sports cars, designers today used CAD technology to | | | | If you feel like that you are spending more and more |
| make their work easier. It has become an | | | | time in your workshop doing metal bending work |
| indispensable tool for every line of work. Sheet metal | | | | because you constantly produce inaccurate bends, |
| bending, for instance, can really benefit from | | | | then you should seriously consider investing on sheet |
| CAD-based sheet metal software. | | | | metal software. With this software, you can be |
| Benefits of Sheet Metal Software: | | | | assured your metal bending operation would run |
| Sheet metal bending is not just about pure brute | | | | smoothly. |
| force. It is a craft. And like other crafts, this bending | | | | |