How To Add In Sheet Metal Solidworks

Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal.

How to add in sheet metal solidworks.

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. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods. Using this tool is an all in one approach to transforming a solid body into sheet metal.

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. Under sheet metal parameters. Click front plane and click on sketch. The sheet metal tool in solidworks is located in the sheet metal toolbar and drop down menu.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. 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. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.

This is available only in sheet metal parts with flatten bends1 and process bends1 features. We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Flattening sheet metal bends. You might also like. This approach will work for any solid body you have including imported bodies made in other systems.

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.