Convert Curved Surface To Sheet Metal Solidworks

Here is your sheet metal box.

Convert curved surface to sheet metal solidworks.

This will make some of the more complex geometries easier to create and control. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. 2 solidworks will pick the rip edges for you by process of elimination.

However when i go to convert sheet metal i have no luck. Create the sheet metal part as a solid body in solidworks. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. The method you choose will depend on the state of the solid body and.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. The way i have gone about this is simply modeling internal external faces using surfaces. Once you have a solid body in the shape that you want there are a couple of ways to convert it into sheet metal. Flatten it by converting it using the insert bends command instead.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied.

3 when all edges have been added to the two groups hit the green check. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. Sheet metal convert and flat pattern suppressed. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part.

Notice the three features added. Under sheet metal parameters. I have been using surfaces with the aim of later converting them to sheet metal. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder.

In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends.