Convert To Sheet Metal Solidworks 2016

Create new bodies in an existing sheet metal part using base flange convert to sheet metal insert bends and lofted bend commands.

Convert to sheet metal solidworks 2016.

The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part. Split a single sheet metal part into multiple bodies.

Please subscribe our channel for more videos and project. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it. Click convert to sheet metal 3. On this snippet from the march 2016 episode of straight from support solidworks applications engineer heather dawe explains the differences between the convert to sheet metal and insert. In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Under sheet metal parameters. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Solidworks 2016 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead.