How To Start A Sheet Metal Part In Solidworks 2015

Example of bounding box sketch in a flat pattern.

How to start a sheet metal part in solidworks 2015.

Web help content version. Method 1 base flange. Episode 4 1 creating a sheet metal part this video demonstrates how to create a basic sheetmetal part and add flanges to it using the edge flange tool. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.

The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened. For this option you start with the sheet metal option right away. Open the part to be split. Select split features toolbar.

When it comes to creating a sheet metal part in solidworks you have two choices for the first step. Converting to sheet metal or building up from a base. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Create a sketch to be used to split the part.

Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part. The bounding box is represented by a sketch when you flatten the sheet metal part and is located in the featuremanager design tree under flat pattern. In the propertymanager under bend parameters. You can also create a bounding box for any cut list item in a cut list independent of the type of solid or sheet metal bodies in the cut list item.

Select the fixed face on the model. The name of the face is displayed in the fixed face or edge box. The simbot solidworks series is a set of. Solidworks 2015 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead.