Start Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part.

Start sheet metal part solidworks. The name of the face is displayed in the fixed face or edge box. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal. Sketch out your profile. Method 1 base flange.

When it comes to creating a sheet metal part in solidworks you have two choices for the first step. They start out as one flat sheet and then are cut and bent to make the final product. Drawings of sheet metal parts. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.

Converting to sheet metal or building up from a base. Select the fixed face on the model. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Adding walls to sheet metal parts.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. 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 might also like. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened. In the propertymanager under bend parameters.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm a step by step guide on how to create the shade holder part in the lamp model shown keeping cut outs in curved surfaces straight and true for a genuine flat pattern. 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. Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal.

Under sheet metal parameters.