Converting to sheet metal in solidworks with no fixed face

#Converting to sheet metal in solidworks with no fixed face how to

Understand the wider context of Sheet Metal use. The instructorВ currently works as a Product Design Engineer and uses Solidworks every day to design all sorts of things for real clients - no academic-only experience here!Д«uilt on previous feedback! This course is built upon the instructors other best-selling Solidworks courses, and on the feedback from over 7,000 previous students on Udemy alone. Taught by a Solidworks professional! The instructorВ been using Solidworks since 2006 and even taken a range of official Solidworks-certified training courses. The course covers every Sheet Metal tool in depth and includes the theory behind Sheet Metal concepts like Bend Allowance. There are many Sheet Metal courses online, but none quite like this one: Now you can join the ranks of Solidworks Sheet Metal users, and learn to create your own Sheet Metal models! However, as well as being used for solid models, Solidworks also has a powerful Sheet Metal module that can be used to virtually make 3D parts from flat sheets. Millions of people use it to design everything from 3D-printed toys allВ the way up to fully-working mechanical vehicles. Solidworks is one of the most popular and powerful 3DВ CAD programs in the world. Visit the SolidSolutions blog to view more methods for working with Sheet Metal parts from our new engineers Jordan and Will.Level up your Solidworks skills by mastering the Sheet Metal module! The part is now converted to sheet metal and can be viewed as a folded or flattened part.For this example, I have selected an Open Butt corner type with a 1mm gap

Where two edges meet the gap and type of corner Open Butt, Overlap, Underlap, can be selected for all or individually.A вЂњRip SketchвЂќ will cause a вЂњRip EdgeвЂќ to be added at a chosen location based on the geometry of the sketch. Due to the structure of this component it is impossible to bend the fourth edge to complete the shape, so weвЂ™ll need to use a вЂњRip SketchвЂќ.SOLIDWORKS will then automatically select вЂњRip EdgesвЂќ which create cuts in the sheet metal body. Select required вЂњBend EdgesвЂќ to define the bends in the sheet metal part.

This decides which face the remaining faces are bent from.

Select a fixed face, here I have selected the bottom face has been selected as the fixed entity.

In this example, I have used a sample table for steel and selected 14 gauge with a 2.54mm bend radius.

Define the desired thickness and bend radius either by selecting a gauge table or by entering it manually.

This is a useful tool if the initial part has been created using standard part modeling features such as extrudes and lofts.В The tool also works well on imported Sheet Metal files, to use it simply follow these steps. вЂњConvert to Sheet MetalвЂќ allows the user to quickly convert parts into sheet metal models, from there a flat pattern can be automatically created. So letвЂ™s start with AlexвЂ™s explanation of the Convert to Sheet Metal tool.

#Converting to sheet metal in solidworks with no fixed face how to

Having recently sat on the SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal training course we asked our Sheffield Trio вЂ“ Will, Alex & Jordan вЂ“ to explain how to turn imported files into fully functional SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal. SolidSolutions has recently welcomed another 11 Technical Interns to the team, they are currently being put through a 12 week induction and as part of this theyвЂ™ll be blogging about what theyвЂ™ve learned.