Solidworks 2014 Sheet Metal Assembly

In the sheet metal gusset propertymanager under position select.

Solidworks 2014 sheet metal assembly.

Adding sheet metal gussets. Available for all document types. Learn a step by step procedure on how to convert solid bodies into sheet metal in solidworks 2014. It will round the decimals to the nearest 1 32nd of an inch and the output will be in fractions i e.

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. You can create a bent lofted bend to create physical bends rather than formed geometry and approximated bend lines in a flat pattern. The bend face or two planar faces that are adjacent to a bend. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

This can be any linear entity in order to specify the alignment of the gusset. If you use a feature to create additional bodies in a sheet metal part each new body gets a sheet metal and flat pattern feature. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Properties specific to sheet metal parts are calculated and displayed in the cut list properties dialog box.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. Show form tool punches when flattened. The edge to be used as a reference.

6 17 32 x 10. Otherwise each body in a multibody sheet metal part has its own flat pattern. The macro will take the bounding box width and length of the 1st cut list item in the feature tree and create or modify a custom property called blank size in the part file. This option applies to parts created prior to solidworks 2013.

Options vary depending on whether you are working with a part assembly or drawing. Under sheet metal parameters. Solidworks 2014 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead. You can create sheet metal gussets with specific indents that go across bends.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Quick tip presented by ronit mukherjee of goengineer. Solidworks 2014 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration.

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