As you would expect there are several ways to accomplish this in solidworks.
How to make a sheet metal cylinder in solidworks.
Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet.
Click convert to sheet metal 3.
To create a sheet metal part with cylindrical faces.
Consider a 3 foot diameter metal cylinder and how we could create this and create a flat patten using the sheet metal tools found in solidworks standard.
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If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.
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I can t figure out how to do this.
I figure this should be an easy thing to do in solidworks but i have little experience with the sheet metal portion and cannot figure it out.
Every year solidworks makes several enhancements to its software.
Solidworks 2013 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead click help use solidworks web help.
Sketch an open contour arc.
In particular they have made creating complex sheet metal parts even easier.
There are some tips and tricks included.
Hi guys how to draw this part.
Any help would be appreciated.
The cylinder is now a sheet metal part.
There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
Sheet metal cylinder with overlap for welding.
I have a rectangular piece of steel 25 692 l 1 600 h 048 t that i want to bend fully to create a cylinder.
There is also shroud on bottom end and swage roll in the middle.
Make sure to grab a note pad and get ready for some quick modeling.
As designs get more complex and start to violate the conditions and requirements for you to use certain features you may need to switch to a few additional techniques that allow you to create flat patterns from a wide variety of shapes.
Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it.