Extruded Sheet Metal In Solidworks

Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm.

Extruded sheet metal in solidworks.

In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Verify that the sheet metal part to open exists. When sketching your cut use the mirror entities feature through the origin this will ensure you finish with a symmetrical part because the origin is in the. Question asked by brent racine on jul 15 2010 latest reply on jul 15.

Go to sheet metal and click insert bends from the sheet metal tab click on the bottom face for the sheet metal make an edge flange using solidworks. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial.

At this stage you can now shape you profile using the extruded cut feature. Create the solid part. Click on the sheet metal. Use the thin feature options to control the extrude thickness not the depth.

Open the immediate window. The unfold propertymanager appears. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. In the graphics area.

Select use gauge table. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. In an existing sheet metal part click unfold or insert sheet metal unfold. Creates cut extrude2 which is an optimized normal cut extrude.

Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Solidworks 2013 api changes. Sketches a circle on the selected face.

Opens the sheet metal part. First create a new part. Extruding thin features thin feature is required when using an open contour sketch. Select a face as the fixed face.