Make Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.

Make sheet metal part solidworks.

Click front plane and click on sketch. Create the solid part. A new part opens. Select use gauge table.

Drawings of sheet metal parts. Create a base flange by clicking base flange tab or insert sheet metal base flange. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends.

To create an opposite hand version of a sheet metal part. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. The fixed face remains in place.

In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. In the propertymanager under bend parameters. Now you have your basic profile in sheet metal form. Sketch out your profile.

Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. You can use mirror part to create a part that is an opposite hand version an existing sheet metal part. You do not have to dimension the part. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks step 1.

You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. Adding walls to sheet metal parts. Select the fixed face on the model. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.

Open a new part. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1. To create a sheet metal part from the flattened state.

Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. To bend the sheet metal part sketch. Create a sketch as shown. First create a new part.

Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part. The sheet metal features appear. Make sure your sketch is fully defined and that straight entities are tangent to arcs. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch.