Extruded Sheet Metal In Solidworks

Question asked by brent racine on jul 15 2010 latest reply on jul 15.

Extruded sheet metal in solidworks.

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. The unfold propertymanager appears. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm.

Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. 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. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. Open the immediate window.

Go to sheet metal and click edge flange from the sheet metal tab. Sketches a circle on the selected face. Select use gauge table. Creates cut extrude2 which is an optimized normal cut extrude.

Extruding thin features thin feature is required when using an open contour sketch. In the graphics area. Create the solid part. Click on the sheet metal.

Solidworks 2013 api changes. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. A thin feature base can be used as a basis for a sheet metal part. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks.

In an existing sheet metal part click unfold or insert sheet metal unfold. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. One of the parts is bent from 1 inch plate which makes me want to model it as sheet metal.

First create a new part. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. At this stage you can now shape you profile using the extruded cut feature. Select a face as the fixed face.