Convert To Sheet Metal Solidworks 2016

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Convert to sheet metal solidworks 2016.

Please subscribe our channel for more videos and project. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied.

Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it. 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. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder.

Solidworks 2016 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead. Create new bodies in an existing sheet metal part using base flange convert to sheet metal insert bends and lofted bend commands. Split a single sheet metal part into multiple bodies. Under sheet metal parameters.

Click convert to sheet metal 3. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet. On this snippet from the march 2016 episode of straight from support solidworks applications engineer heather dawe explains the differences between the convert to sheet metal and insert. 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.