How To Curve Sheet Metal Solidworks

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How to curve sheet metal solidworks.

Click part ok. The method you choose will depend on the state of the solid body and the features you want in the feature tree. Use line sketch and. Select your sketch in the feature tree then in the command manager select the base flange function from the sheet metal tab.

Click a bend position of bend centerline material inside material outside or bend outside. Dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. For instance in the example below you can multiply x and y by 10. Click the green tick.

Check override default parameters if you wish to adjust the thickness of your sheet metal part. However i really want to help. Click offset entities and click l sketch. In the sheetmetal loft feature there is no center line or guided path option to generate a curved path.

Insert rips and bends into the part. Click front plane and click on sketch. Click sketched bend on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal sketched bend. How to create simple sheet metal bend.

Use line sketch l shape. The curve acts as any other rigid curve or block. Set offset distance as 0 1in. Sheet metal solidworks 2016 tutorial for beginners how to create a curved sheet metal part and then cut lettering out of it.

To scale the curve you need to account for scaling in the equation. Set a value for bend angle and click reverse direction if necessary. Add a dimension to set the depth of your profile in this case 10mm. To control the curve rotation you can drag the curve add relations and so on.

One thing is that in the original part there is a curved edge of that cylindrical formed shape. So my question is that how can this curved edge can be generated according to this sheet metal part. Once you have a solid body in the shape that you want there are a couple of ways to convert it into sheet metal. Use the convert to sheet metal tool.

How to create a simple rolled sheetmetal part.