Stamped Sheet Metal Solidworks

Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools.

Stamped sheet metal solidworks.

In this tutorial video we will learn how to create a bracket with the help of sheet metal commands like base flange sketched bend and sheet metal gusset. You might also like. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal.

You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. 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. Follow simple steps to learn.

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. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. You can make sharing bending on your project sheet metal make ducting or etc. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop.