How To Use Sheet Metal Parts In Solidworks

Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations.

How to use sheet metal parts in solidworks.

This is available only in sheet metal parts with flatten bends1 and process bends1 features. You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Click on the sheet metal. 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.

Sketch out your profile. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Whereas if you create an excel spreadsheet it is embedded into a solid worksheet metal part file while you can create a new bend table by going to insert sheet metal then table then new. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch.

It is recommended that you rename and edit an existing bend table provided by solidworks. The break corner corner trim tool cuts or adds material to a folded sheet metal part on an edge or a face. Corner reliefs and bend transitions. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.