How To Use Solidworks Sheet Metal

Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs.

How to use solidworks sheet metal. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. 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. It is applicable one per part file. To do this we simply.

Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. The break corner corner trim tool cuts or adds material to a folded sheet metal part on an edge or a face. The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line. We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features.

This is available only in sheet metal parts with flatten bends1 and process bends1 features. Using forming tools with sheet metal. Multibody sheet metal parts. Base flange is first and basic step used to start sheet metal model.

To begin we first want to turn on the sheet metal tab on the commandmanager. Corner reliefs and bend transitions. First create a new part. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial.

Let us start solidworks sheet metal tools application. Click on the sheet metal. How to use solidworks base flange solidworks sheetmetal tutorial 1. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods.

You can create single open single closed or multiple closed profiles for creating a base flange.