Bend Flat Sheet Metal Solidworks

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Bend flat sheet metal solidworks. You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends. You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature.

You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. This file sets the format of the bend line notes.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. To create a flat pattern configuration. Some items to note about a sketched bend feature. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

Click features extruded boss base set d1 to 0 5in and ok. This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry. Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install dir lang language bendnoteformat txt. A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature.

Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. Only lines are allowed in the sketch. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten.

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. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Use line sketch and connected open end of this sketch and make it close both end.