Extruded Sheet Metal In Solidworks

Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

Extruded sheet metal in solidworks.

Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm. Verify that the sheet metal part to open exists.

Create the solid part. 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. At this stage you can now shape you profile using the extruded cut feature. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part.

Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Click on the sheet metal. Opens the sheet metal part. In the graphics area.

Sketches a circle on the selected face. Go to sheet metal and click edge flange from the sheet metal tab. Creates cut extrude2 which is an optimized normal cut extrude. Question asked by brent racine on jul 15 2010 latest reply on jul 15.

In an existing sheet metal part click unfold or insert sheet metal unfold. 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. A thin feature base can be used as a basis for a sheet metal part.

One of the parts is bent from 1 inch plate which makes me want to model it as sheet metal. Open the immediate window. Use the thin feature options to control the extrude thickness not the depth. The unfold propertymanager appears.

First create a new part. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks. Select a face as the fixed face. Extruding thin features thin feature is required when using an open contour sketch.