Make Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

Drawings of sheet metal parts.

Make sheet metal part solidworks.

To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends. Open a new part. Create the solid part. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.

Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. To create a sheet metal part from the flattened state. To bend the sheet metal part sketch. You do not have to dimension the part.

Make sure your sketch is fully defined and that straight entities are tangent to arcs. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks step 1. First create a new part. Create a sketch as shown.

Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. Now you have your basic profile in sheet metal form.

Sketch out your profile. The fixed face remains in place. Select the fixed face on the model. Adding walls to sheet metal parts.

Click on the sheet. Create a base flange by clicking base flange tab or insert sheet metal base flange. You can use mirror part to create a part that is an opposite hand version an existing sheet metal part. Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part.

Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Click front plane and click on sketch. A new part opens. In the propertymanager under bend parameters.

Select use gauge table. The sheet metal features appear. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. In a sheet metal part select a plane or planar surface and click insert mirror part.