Make Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal.

Make sheet metal part solidworks.

Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. To bend the sheet metal part sketch. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1. Create the solid part. Click front plane and click on sketch. Drawings of sheet metal parts.

Create a sketch as shown. The fixed face remains in place. Now you have your basic profile in sheet metal form. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in.

Select use gauge table. You can use mirror part to create a part that is an opposite hand version an existing sheet metal part. Adding walls to sheet metal parts. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.

A new part opens. Sketch out your profile. In a sheet metal part select a plane or planar surface and click insert mirror part. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks step 1.

When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. First create a new part. Select the fixed face on the model.

To create a sheet metal part from the flattened state. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. The sheet metal features appear. To create a sheet metal part with sharp bends.

In the propertymanager under bend parameters. Make sure your sketch is fully defined and that straight entities are tangent to arcs. You do not have to dimension the part. To create an opposite hand version of a sheet metal part.

Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. Open a new part. Create a base flange by clicking base flange tab or insert sheet metal base flange. Click on the sheet.