Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.
Making sheet metal parts in solidworks.
Designing a part with sheet metal specific features uses fewer features and editing tools and eliminates the use of the rollback bar.
The fixed face remains in place.
Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal.
In the propertymanager under bend parameters.
Select a format or click ok to use the default format.
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.
To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends.
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.
Select use gauge table.
Learn three methods for creating sheet metal parts in solidworks and the pros and cons of each.
Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part.
These methods are explained through a truck bumper example.
Sheet metal gauge bend table.
Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material.
Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.
Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal.
To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part.
In this week s video tech tip we take an in depth look to one of the sheet metal features.
You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part.
There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
Select the fixed face on the model.
Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.
You can adjust the size of the drawing view under scale by selecting use custom scale and typing a value.
In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table.
Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations.
Create the solid part.