In particular they have made creating complex sheet metal parts even easier.
Make sheet metal cylinder solidworks.
Click convert to sheet metal.
Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet.
Every year solidworks makes several enhancements to its software.
Click base flange tab or insert sheet metal base flange.
Just add a new sketch on one of the flat end faces of the cylinder.
Select the face and convert entities then extrude 0 01 any number really just less than the width of the seam.
The arc can also be tangent to a line.
Add the cuts fold the part and use the same sketch to cut the extrusion off.
If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.
Single open contours can be used for extrudes revolves sections paths.
Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1.
Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design.
Enter the material thickness you want.
Sketch an open contour arc.
Then select the fixed face of that extrusion to do your unfold.
Consider a 3 foot diameter metal cylinder and how we could create this and create a flat patten using the sheet metal tools found in solidworks standard.
There are some tips and tricks included.
Click on the sheet.
Stop putting a small flat section on your part just to get it to convert to sheet metal.
First create a new part.
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.
To create a sheet metal part with cylindrical faces.
Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch.
The base flange propertymanager appears.
Flatten it by converting it using the insert bends command instead.
As you would expect there are several ways to accomplish this in solidworks.
Today we are going to look at creating a slot in a sheet metal cylinder.
Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.
