How To Create A Rolled Sheet Metal Part In Solidworks

To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part.

How to create a rolled sheet metal part in solidworks. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Select use gauge table. The depth of a tab feature is automatically set to the thickness of the sheet metal part. Sheet metal gusset propertymanager.

There are some tips and tricks included. How to create rolled cylinders that appears in industries using solidworks sheet metal. Adding sheet metal gussets. You can create sheet metal gussets with specific indents that go across bends.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. When you need to create large diameter round parts sheet metal may not be the first tool you d consider but it a great tool for this application. In select table select a gauge table to use or click browse and browse to a gauge table. Create the solid part.

This will create a lofted section from your two projected sketches. How to create rolled cylinders that appears in industries using solidworks sheet metal. 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. Consider a 3 foot diameter metal cylinder and how we could create this and create a flat patten using the sheet metal tools found in solidworks standard.

This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. The direction of the depth automatically coincides with the sheet metal part to prevent a disjoint body. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. Second phase in creating a rolled sheet metal component within solidworks.