Convert Boss Extrude To Sheet Metal

To create a part of uniform thickness and convert it to sheet metal.

Convert boss extrude to sheet metal.

Exit the sketch and see the diagram in 3d we now have circles on the reference plane. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Extrude boss base feature is mainly located in features command manager or insert menu.

No the edge of your sheet metal part doesn t count. Make the block 50mm on all sides. The extruded boss base feature can be found on the features tab in the command manager interface as shown in figure 1. Shell the block to 1mm so the part is of uniform thickness.

For more information about solid. It may have been difficult to see in the video but if you are dead set on using the convert to sheet metal command you need to have a planar flat face. Create a block with the extruded boss base tool. Showing the final results.

In faces to remove select the faces as shown. An extruded boss base feature will allow you to take a 2d sketch and add thickness to it in the third dimension. Under sheet metal parameters. Select both these circles.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Showing the results of convert entities tool and extrude boss command. Extrude these circles by selecting extrude boss tool. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal. Using the extrude boss feature you create 3d models like block cube cylinder 3d polygon 3d elliptical shapes etc. In today s blog we will review and break down some of the great tools available in each section of the extrude command.

Make it normal and choose the convert entities. That means if you have closed contour sketch drawing then you can add materials to that contour and convert it into 3d model. Every few releases this feature gets some terrific functionality added to it.