Solidworks Design Library Parts Sheet Metal

One folder to another in the design library.

Solidworks design library parts sheet metal.

Sheet metal gauge bend table. Under sheet metal parameters. Working with design library contents you can drag copies of parts assemblies features annotations and so on from. The design library controls all library feature functions including.

3d contentcentral 3d models from component suppliers and individuals in all major cad formats. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. A sheet metal part has the sheet metal1 feature in the featuremanager design tree. Drawings of sheet metal parts.

Insertion of the library features on the face of a part or on a plane in the graphics area. Display of the library features and subfolders that contain library features. Preview of the library feature parts. Adding walls to sheet metal parts.

When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Nearly every year when i teach a course on solidworks sheet metal to students at grand rapids community college in grand rapids michigan i have to field a handful of concerns regarding the solidworks design library.

Microsoft internet explorer and windows explorer into the design library. The two most common being my design library is missing or solidworks is asking are you trying to make a derived part when trying to use forming tools. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Toolbox to access the content install and add in the solidworks toolbox library.

The graphics area into the lower pane of the design library. You can add folders and content. You can insert forming tools only from the design library and you can apply them only to sheet metal parts. Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations.

You can add this folder to the design library by setting it up in file locations. A single table lets you associate a bend allowance. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Drawings of sheet metal parts. The design library into the graphics area.

Design library subfolders populated by solidworks with reusable items such as parts blocks and annotations. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part.