How To Start A Sheet Metal Part In Solidworks

To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends.

How to start a sheet metal part in solidworks.

Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. To bend the. Click on the sheet metal tab select base flange tab and give 1 mm to the sheet metal parameters. We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features.

In the propertymanager under bend parameters. The fixed face remains in. Please subscribe our channel for more videos and project. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table.

Method 1 base flange. For this option you start with the sheet metal option right away. To begin we first want to turn on the sheet metal tab on the commandmanager. Converting to sheet metal or building up from a base.

Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. Select the fixed face on the model. Create a sketch as shown. Create a base flange by clicking base flange tab or insert sheet metal base flange.

To do this we simply need to right click any tab on the commandmanager and select sheet metal from the drop down menu. First you do a sketch and then define the sheet metal options like thickness and default bend radius. You do not have to dimension the part. The sheet metal features appear in the featuremanager.

Open a new part. When it comes to creating a sheet metal part in solidworks you have two choices for the first step. Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment.

Select use gauge table. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. To create a sheet metal part from the flattened state.