Making Sheet Metal Parts In Solidworks

Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part.

Making sheet metal parts in solidworks.

Sheet metal gauge bend table. 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 create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. In the propertymanager under bend parameters. Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material. 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.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Learn three methods for creating sheet metal parts in solidworks and the pros and cons of each.

Designing a part with sheet metal specific features uses fewer features and editing tools and eliminates the use of the rollback bar. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. Sheet metal parts in solidworks are easy to make thanks to the powerful set of tools that enable users to model just about everything they can think of. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal.

Select the fixed face on the model. Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations. Select use gauge table. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. 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. These methods are explained through a truck bumper example. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet.

Create the solid part. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.