Solidworks Sheet Metal Convert Curved

The focus of this class is on helping users create a model that will provide both a flat pattern and a folded form.

Solidworks sheet metal convert curved.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Bend radii and thicknesses are measured from the model and maintained making this one of the easiest ways to convert any design to a sheet metal part and get a flat pattern even if you don t have any flat faces at all. Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Sheet metal cost 800 00 recommended experience level solidworks essentials description sheet metal is so prevelant in modern manufacturing that solidworks has designated a subset of tools specific to modeling sheet metal parts. In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part.

Solidworks won t convert to sheetmetal i am trying to draw a simple part and convert it to sheetmetal so i can flatten it for the flat layout to plasma cut. Under sheet metal parameters. I ran through this very quick and messed up my terminology between transverse and longitudinal but hopefully it will still be helpful.