Extruded Sheet Metal In Solidworks

Click on the sheet metal.

Extruded sheet metal in solidworks. Solidworks 2013 api changes. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks. In the graphics area. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm.

Opens the sheet metal part. The unfold propertymanager appears. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. Create the solid part.

When sketching your cut use the mirror entities feature through the origin this will ensure you finish with a symmetrical part because the origin is in the. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Creates cut extrude2 which is an optimized normal cut extrude. Question asked by brent racine on jul 15 2010 latest reply on jul 15.

To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Go to sheet metal and click edge flange from the sheet metal tab. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design.

Sketches a circle on the selected face. At this stage you can now shape you profile using the extruded cut feature. In an existing sheet metal part click unfold or insert sheet metal unfold. Go to sheet metal and click insert bends from the sheet metal tab click on the bottom face for the sheet metal make an edge flange using solidworks.

Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. Verify that the sheet metal part to open exists. Extruding thin features thin feature is required when using an open contour sketch. First create a new part.

Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. Select use gauge table. Select a face as the fixed face. Use the thin feature options to control the extrude thickness not the depth.