Solidworks 2013 Sheet Metal Cone

Select a planar face tangent to the conical face as the fixed face.

Solidworks 2013 sheet metal cone.

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. With the radius or diameter dimension plus a dimension for the gap we can exit this sketch and move onto the next profile. The lofted bend requires two open contour profiles for it to work with no guide curves or sharp corners so there are limitations. In the tutorial video we re presented with a cone designed with the revolve shell and cut extrude features.

I typically like to start my first sketch on the top plane. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Click insert bends or insert sheet metal bends. When applying the insert bends feature located on the sheet metal toolbar or from the insert dropdown menu under sheet metal solidworks tells us a non linear edge at the seam of this cone is invalid.

Welcome to mcad central join our mcad central community forums the largest resource for mcad mechanical computer aided design professionals including files forums jobs articles calendar and more. Creating a sheet metal cone in solidworks can seem like a complex task but i m here to alleviate your worries and provide you with the correct workflow. By steve ostrovsky april 18 2013 lofted bends are great way to create specialized sheet metal parts where you need a high degree of transition from one profile to another think square to a circle duct work. Solidworks tutorial sheet metal cone tutorial video how to make cone in solidworks.

Select a linear edge on an end face of a conical face as the fixed edge. Sheetmetal issues and techniques. Using my sheet metal open sketch technique we can draw an arc and its construction lines.