Solidworks Simple Sheet Metal Part

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Solidworks simple sheet metal part.

L shape sketch creates one bend in the base feature this sheet metal part is centered on the right plane. Sheetmetal features are used so that the part can be flattened out to create a flat pattern. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready. The sheetmetal featue in solidworks determines the thickness and bend radius.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten. Simple sheet metal part 3. The sheet metal tool allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process all helping to save time and development costs.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Simple sheet metal part 9. Sheetmetal features are used so that the part can be flattened out to create a flat pattern. Look at part tree.

We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods. If you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu you can right click on main menu tab and check sheetmetal option. Side flange profile sketches do not need the cross section drawn the lines will be thickened and all the sharp edges will be turn into bends. Under sheet metal parameters.

We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. 12 gauge steel is used for this model.