How To Use Sheet Metal Parts In Solidworks

Solidworks sheet metal tutorial.

How to use sheet metal parts in solidworks. It is recommended that you rename and edit an existing bend table provided by solidworks. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations. Click on the sheet metal.

You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Whereas if you create an excel spreadsheet it is embedded into a solid worksheet metal part file while you can create a new bend table by going to insert sheet metal then table then new.

How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks. Corner reliefs and bend transitions. First create a new part. The break corner corner trim tool cuts or adds material to a folded sheet metal part on an edge or a face.

Sheet metal gauge bend table. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm a step by step guide on how to create the shade holder part in the lamp model shown keeping cut outs in curved surfaces straight and true for a genuine flat pattern. The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line. Sketch out your profile.