When creating sheet metal parts the order of design preference is.
Designing sheet metal parts solidworks.
Sheet metal features such as base flange edge flange and miter flange.
When using the insert bends and convert to sheet metal features it is best to apply them as early as possible during part design preferably right after you create the first non sheet metal feature.
You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part.
Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations.
Gabriel sheet metal is a complex industry and understanding the basic process and fundamentals is essential to designing parts that are easy to manufacture.
Drawings of sheet metal parts.
Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
Multibody sheet metal parts can consist of multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal and other bodies such as weldment bodies.
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Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.
Solidworks has assembled a great set of tools for working with sheet metal.
You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part.
Convert to sheet metal feature.
Under sheet metal parameters.
Sheet metal gauge bend table.
Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs.
Practice while you learn with exercise files download the files the.
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.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
The sheet metal specific features make it easier and faster to create a sheet metal part than designing a part then converting it to sheet metal.
There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
However it s up to us as designers to use these tools to create parts that can be easily and efficiently manufactured.
The real power of solidworks comes when you have to design bent sheet metal a task which looks simple but really isn t.
Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material.
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Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.
Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.
That means you need a contour of the sheet metal to be cut known as a flat pattern.
