Before any bending you have to cut the sheet metal.
Designing sheet metal parts solidworks.
Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal.
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You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part.
Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
That means you need a contour of the sheet metal to be cut known as a flat pattern.
However it s up to us as designers to use these tools to create parts that can be easily and efficiently manufactured.
Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations.
Sheet metal gauge bend table.
When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.
Drawings of sheet metal parts.
Solidworks has assembled a great set of tools for working with sheet metal.
Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.
Convert to sheet metal feature.
Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs.
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When using the insert bends and convert to sheet metal features it is best to apply them as early as possible during part design preferably right after you create the first non sheet metal feature.
There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
Multibody sheet metal parts can consist of multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal and other bodies such as weldment bodies.
Sheet metal features such as base flange edge flange and miter flange.
The real power of solidworks comes when you have to design bent sheet metal a task which looks simple but really isn t.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.
Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations.
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.
When creating sheet metal parts the order of design preference is.
Under sheet metal parameters.
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.
You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part.
