Solidworks Sheet Metal Curved Flange

Curved edges must border a planar face.

Solidworks sheet metal curved flange.

Why we re excited about it. In solidworks 2021 edge flange features are now supported on non planar tangent edges of an existing base swept or edge flange. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. It further extends the capabilities of sheet metal design to keep up with the dynamic manufacturing capabilities in use by our customers.

Specify no relief or add relief using custom relief type in the propertymanager. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Solidworks tutorial sheet metal edge flange. I m trying to create a curved flange on a sheet metal part.

This allows for more real world sheet metal designs to contain parts of greater aesthetics with more organic shapes. Multiple edges must be tangent but can include linear and curved segments. If you use an arc to create a miter flange the arc cannot be tangent to the thickness edge. You can add curved edge flanges to edge flanges created off a planar base.

Default direction of the edge flange is normal to the base flange at the edge. Add a dimension to set the depth of your profile in this case 10mm. Click the green tick. A miter flange feature adds a series of flanges to one or more edges of a sheet metal part.

Multiple edges must be tangent but can include linear and curved segments. The part has a flat face then has a flange that follows a 2 935 radius. Specify no relief or add relief using custom relief type in the propertymanager. The sketch can contain lines or arcs.

Curved edges must border a planar face. Good morning i m working on sw 2015 sp5 on windows 7 professional. What s new about it. Check override default parameters if you wish to adjust the thickness of your sheet metal part.