How To Start A Sheet Metal Part In Solidworks 2015

Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part.

How to start a sheet metal part in solidworks 2015.

For this option you start with the sheet metal option right away. Open the part to be split. The name of the face is displayed in the fixed face or edge box. Example of bounding box sketch in a flat pattern.

Select the fixed face on the model. The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened. Select split features toolbar. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.

Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. Method 1 base flange. Converting to sheet metal or building up from a base. First you do a sketch and then define the sheet metal options like thickness and default bend radius.

Episode 4 1 creating a sheet metal part this video demonstrates how to create a basic sheetmetal part and add flanges to it using the edge flange tool. The bounding box is represented by a sketch when you flatten the sheet metal part and is located in the featuremanager design tree under flat pattern. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. You can also create a bounding box for any cut list item in a cut list independent of the type of solid or sheet metal bodies in the cut list item.

The simbot solidworks series is a set of. In the propertymanager under bend parameters. Solidworks 2015 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead. When it comes to creating a sheet metal part in solidworks you have two choices for the first step.