Make Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

First create a new part.

Make sheet metal part solidworks.

Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal. Click on the sheet.

Create the solid part. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Drawings of sheet metal parts. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

In the propertymanager under bend parameters. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks step 1. The fixed face remains in place. In a sheet metal part select a plane or planar surface and click insert mirror part.

Adding walls to sheet metal parts. Now you have your basic profile in sheet metal form. To bend the sheet metal part sketch. The sheet metal features appear.

Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Create a base flange by clicking base flange tab or insert sheet metal base flange. To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends. To create a sheet metal part from the flattened state.

Open a new part. To create an opposite hand version of a sheet metal part. A new part opens. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design.

Click front plane and click on sketch. Make sure your sketch is fully defined and that straight entities are tangent to arcs. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part.

You do not have to dimension the part. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.

Select use gauge table. Select the fixed face on the model. Create a sketch as shown. Sketch out your profile.