Bend Flat Sheet Metal Solidworks

Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends.

Bend flat sheet metal solidworks.

This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry. You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. Click features extruded boss base set d1 to 0 5in and ok. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for.

Only lines are allowed in the sketch. You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature. A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature. Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten.

Use line sketch and connected open end of this sketch and make it close both end. To ensure that all features are shown in a flat pattern you should create the flat pattern configuration after the entire design pattern of the part is complete. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration.

This file sets the format of the bend line notes. Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install dir lang language bendnoteformat txt. Some items to note about a sketched bend feature.