MP-80 · MANUFACTURING AND DFM
Sheet Metal Minimum Features
Screen entered hole diameter, edge distance, bend distance, and material thickness as transparent sheet-metal feature ratios.
Preliminary design support. Your inputs and results stay in this browser.
WHAT THIS SCREEN ANSWERS
Small sheet-metal features should be reviewed against thickness and forming context before a drawing becomes an RFQ. The screen converts hole, edge, and bend distances to visible thickness ratios. Keep the stated condition attached to the number when it is shared.
Tooling, process, material, grain, distortion, tolerance, burr, and supplier capability can change feasibility. Confirm material, thickness, tooling, process, feature tolerance, distortion risk, and supplier review. Its effect belongs in the next comparison.
Small sheet-metal features should be reviewed against thickness and forming context before a drawing becomes an RFQ. Tooling, process, material, grain, distortion, tolerance, burr, and supplier capability can change feasibility. Record any value that is inferred, estimated, or still awaiting measurement.
The screen converts hole, edge, and bend distances to visible thickness ratios. Confirm material, thickness, tooling, process, feature tolerance, distortion risk, and supplier review. The decision remains specific to this application because small sheet-metal features should be reviewed against thickness and forming context before a drawing becomes an rfq. Use the next decision link when the outcome changes the layout.