Convert To Sheet Metal Solidworks

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Convert to sheet metal solidworks.

The sheet metal tool in solidworks is located in the sheet metal toolbar and drop down menu. Here is your sheet metal box. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. 3 when all edges have been added to the two groups hit the green check.

This approach will work for any solid body you have including imported bodies made in other systems. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Under sheet metal parameters. Sheet metal convert and flat pattern suppressed. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.

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. 2 solidworks will pick the rip edges for you by process of elimination. Using this tool is an all in one approach to transforming a solid body into sheet metal.