We came up with roughly 20 ways to do the ribs before settling on our final version.
Solidworks sheet metal rib.
With solidworks we can iterate quickly and continue to iterate until our application is accepted and it s time to build the robot the process definitely works as team witch doctor made it to the final match in the 2019 battlebots competition.
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Set the propertymanager options.
It helps to increase the strength of solid or structural body.
However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.
Sketch the contour to use as the rib feature on a plane that intersects the part or is parallel or at an angle to an existing plane.
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There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
Solidworks rib is thin walled supported which added to solid body and it s a placed feature like fillet chamber simple hole hole wizard etc.
For example we used solidworks multi body sheet metal tools to develop the rib cage a signature witch doctor trait.
This feature also allows the user to modify the part by welding cutting material adding material adding corner treatments and miters.
The sheet metal feature can also build forming tools to help modify.