How To Open Sheet Metal In Solidworks 2015
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How to open sheet metal in solidworks 2015. Last modified on sep 22 2015 12 22 pm. Solidworks 2015 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead. To do this we simply need to right click any tab on the commandmanager and select sheet metal from the drop down menu. You can edit the sketch.
Single open sketch profile line. Click on the sheet metal. Go to file and save sheet metal flange for future application of other solidworks sheet metal feature tools. Follow the above steps up to 2 sketch section of base flange.
We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Imported a step file saved it as a part file now want to convert to sheet metal the step file had rad corners already how should i convert to sheet metal.
3 replies randal swearingen sep 22 2015 1 09 pm. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. Draw the line sketch profile as shown in the above figure and apply all dimensions using the smart dimension tool.
To begin we first want to turn on the sheet metal tab on the commandmanager. First create a new part. Search sheet metal toolbar in the solidworks knowledge base. Attached is the file i need to convert to sheet metal.
Knitted together all of your. The sketch must be on a plane or planar face that is perpendicular to the direction of thickness of the sheet metal part. The sketch can be a single closed multiple closed or multiple enclosed profile.