How To Create A Sheet Metal Part In Solidworks 2016

Split a single sheet metal part into multiple bodies.

How to create a sheet metal part in solidworks 2016. Sheetmetal features are used so that the part can be flattened out to create a flat pattern. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. Solidworks 2016 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead.

Select the fixed face on the model. Drawings of sheet metal parts. Simple sheet metal part 3. Insert one or more sheet metal weldment or other bodies into an existing sheet metal part.

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. 12 gauge steel is used for this model. Create new bodies in an existing sheet metal part using base flange convert to sheet metal insert bends and lofted bend commands. L shape sketch creates one bend in the base feature this sheet metal part is centered on the right plane.

Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. Solidworks includes sheet metal specific features so you can create a part as sheet metal without having to convert it to sheet metal.

The sheet metal specific features make it easier and faster to create a sheet metal part than designing a part then converting it to sheet metal. In the propertymanager under bend parameters. The sheetmetal featue in solidworks determines the thickness and bend radius. 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.