How To Add In Sheet Metal Solidworks

In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.

How to add in sheet metal solidworks.

Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Flattening sheet metal bends. Under sheet metal parameters. You can add closed corners between sheet metal flanges.

This approach will work for any solid body you have including imported bodies made in other systems. Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal. 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. Click front plane and click on sketch.

This is available only in sheet metal parts with flatten bends1 and process bends1 features. Using this tool is an all in one approach to transforming a solid body into sheet metal. You can roll back all bends from a sheet metal part in which bends have been inserted so that you can make additions such as adding a wall. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. You might also like. The sheet metal specific features make it easier and faster to create a sheet metal part than designing a part then converting it to sheet metal. The sheet metal tool in solidworks is located in the sheet metal toolbar and drop down menu.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.