Solidworks Sheet Metal Settings

Type the bend radius.

Solidworks sheet metal settings.

With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal. Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend stretch or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers lances flanges and ribs. The following options let you control the default behavior for newly created sheet metal bodies whether sheet metal definitions follow the sheet metal folder settings or not. On the inside metal is compressed while on the outside it expands.

In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n. Click view hide show sketches. To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.

Properly formatting the list of gauges is important. Controlling gauge table settings. In sheet metal parameters enter 2 mm for t1 which represents the sheet metal thickness and 2 mm in the next field for the radius. Sheet metal parts display the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree.

Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. Search creating multibody sheet metal parts in the solidworks knowledge base. In the propertymanager under bend parameters. The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened.

The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. Override auto relief parameters. I personally use the k factor version but many may prefer bend allowance or go with a bend table. When metal is bent it deforms.

When you assign a custom material to a sheet metal part you can link the sheet metal parameters to the material. The name of the face is displayed in the fixed face or edge box. Sheet metal parts multibody sheet metal parts. It is located in c program files solidworks corp solidworks lang english sheet metal gauge tables.

Use sheet metal parameters from material. You can create a multibody sheet metal part from multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal bodies and and other bodies such as weldments. It must be done from thinnest to largest and there can. Override bend allowance parameters.

Provide feedback on this topic. They are stored in. Install dir documents and settings all users application data solidworks solidworks version design library forming tools. Select the fixed face on the model.

You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment.