Make Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

To create a sheet metal part from the flattened state.

Make sheet metal part solidworks.

Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1. The sheet metal features appear. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.

You can use mirror part to create a part that is an opposite hand version an existing sheet metal part. Select use gauge table. Click on the sheet. To bend the sheet metal part sketch.

How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks step 1. Sketch out your profile. First create a new part. Create a sketch as shown.

To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. A new part opens. Create the solid part.

Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. Click front plane and click on sketch.

Select the fixed face on the model. In a sheet metal part select a plane or planar surface and click insert mirror part. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. To create an opposite hand version of a sheet metal part.

In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. The fixed face remains in place. Make sure your sketch is fully defined and that straight entities are tangent to arcs. Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part.

In the propertymanager under bend parameters. Create a base flange by clicking base flange tab or insert sheet metal base flange. You do not have to dimension the part. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design.

Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. Now you have your basic profile in sheet metal form. Drawings of sheet metal parts. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal.