How To Get Solidworks Sheet Metal

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

How to get solidworks sheet metal.

Enter a default inside radius for the bends. Solidworks 3d allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process saving you time and development costs thanks to specific sheet metal features. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods. Multibody sheet metal parts.

Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Enter the material thickness you want. For showing solidworks edge flange application we are going to create new base flange sheet metal part.

Whether you have just started using solidwo. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. You can follow step 1 and step 2 and result is shown in figure below. Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend stretch or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers lances flanges and ribs.

Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. Click convert to sheet metal. Under sheet metal parameters.

Using sheet metal tools. Then you can go to command manager or insert menu and select edge flange from sheetmetal side drop down menu. Using forming tools with sheet metal. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet.

Or in the cut list right click the body and click flatten. Click on the sheet. There are three ways to flatten sheet metal in solidworks. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1. We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. First create a new part. Or in either the featuremanager or the cut list right click the flat pattern.