Convert Bends Sheet Metal Solidworks

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Convert bends sheet metal solidworks.

The combination of these two tools make up the core functionality of the convert to sheet metal tool and focus on the edge connections between faces in the solid body. Measure the thickness of the imported solid with the measure tools. The part is already bent but it s a dummy solid so no need to insert bends. Want all of our free solidworks sheet metal training videos.

If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. Enter the material thickness you want 5. Visit our learning library which features all of our training courses and tutorials at http. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

Inserting rips and bends to convert to sheet metal for a more discrete approach to making sheet metal from solid bodies you can use the rip and insert bends tools. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. You might also like.

Click convert to sheet metal 3. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Enter a default inside radius for the bends. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. M converting to sheet metal should get rid of the beveled edges once you hand pick the two bend faces. Under sheet metal parameters.