How To Use Sheet Metal Forming Tool Solidworks

You can add punch ids to forming tools for easier identification in punch tables.

How to use sheet metal forming tool solidworks. After you insert a forming tool in a model you can replace the forming tool with another one. The file is now complete when saving the file there are two options. Applying forming tools to sheet metal parts. If forming tools folder is already selected omit this step.

Let s establish the insertion point. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. This can be launched from the sheet metal toolbar. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the.

The break corner corner trim tool cuts or adds material to a folded sheet metal part on an edge or a face. Now let s use the forming tool command to identify the stopping face for the tool faces that need to be removed and the insertion point when the tool is applied. Corner reliefs and bend transitions. The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line.

This is available only in sheet metal parts with flatten bends1 and process bends1 features. Select a face as the stopping face. Two property boxes are contained within this command one for a stopping face in green and one for faces to be removed in red pink. Saving the files in the design library forming tools as any soldiworks part sldprt sldlfp sldftp saving the files in any folder on your machine but saving it as a solidworks.

Select the top face for the stopping face and the separated face as the face to remove. Forming tools from the design library are used only with sheet metal parts. Select one or more faces as the faces to remove. Click under sheet metal tab.

The forming tool command can now be used to set up the model. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes.