Solidworks 2016 Sheet Metal Bends

Click a bend position of bend centerline material inside material outside or bend outside.

Solidworks 2016 sheet metal bends.

Click sketched bend on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal sketched bend. When bending sheet metal you may want to create sharp bends instead of round bends. Set the bend radius. Only lines are allowed in the sketch.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Change the display position of bend notes. Set a value for bend radius. Click a face or edge on the model for fixed face or edge the fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened.

Set a value for bend angle and click reverse direction if necessary. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Select a face to be the fixed face. Sheet metal bend line notes allow.

Solidworks 2016 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok. In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the bend for fixed face.

Web help content version. Under bend allowance select from. Click insert bends sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal bends. To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends.

In the propertymanager under bend parameters. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. You can add bend lines to the sheet metal part while the part is in its folded state with a sketched bend feature. This allows you to dimension the bend line to other folded up geometry.

Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Some items to note about a sketched bend feature. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.

Change the bend angle bend direction or bend radius and the notes update in the drawing. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends.