Fill Patterns In Sheet Metal Solid

The feature can also be used to quickly create perforated pattern types.

Fill patterns in sheet metal solid. Solidworks will automatically pattern a feature and space it fit within a bounding area usually a face. The fill pattern feature is an excellent yet little known patterning tool in solidworks. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Recent enhancements made to standard patterning make it easy to.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. The fill pattern feature lets you use a predefined shape to fill a space. Solidworks pattern feature tutorial complete linear pattern circular pattern curve driven pattern. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Follow simple steps to learn. Jody has defined and helped bring forth several projects during his tenure including variable pattern selective and zonal section views thread and advanced hole as well as several large scale quality and performance related efforts. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. The command fills the defined region with a pattern of features or a predefined cut shape.

Parameters control the pattern layout. To create a fill pattern click fill pattern features toolbar or insert pattern mirror fill pattern set the propertymanager options and click. This usually adds tens or hundreds of instances of a feature so as you can imagine the instance count is important because no one wants to sit there and count each perforation. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop.

This tutorial shows step by step how to use linear ci. If you use a sketch for the boundary you may need to select the pattern direction. You can create a sheet metal perforation style pattern or a pattern of concentric shapes typically used to enhance aesthetics. The fill pattern feature lets you select an area defined by co planar faces or a sketch that lies on co planar faces.

Parameters control the pattern layout. He primarily focuses on solid and surface modeling features and helps with sheet metal weldments and toolbox. Accelerate your capabilities with solidworks standard patterning and validate count feature. In this video i explain how fill patterns can be used to quickly create complex types of patterns.