Extruded Sheet Metal In Solidworks

Create the solid part.

Extruded sheet metal in solidworks.

In an existing sheet metal part click unfold or insert sheet metal unfold. Select a face as the fixed face. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. Click on the sheet metal.

A thin feature base can be used as a basis for a sheet metal 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. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

Opens the sheet metal part. The unfold propertymanager appears. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. One of the parts is bent from 1 inch plate which makes me want to model it as sheet metal.

In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. Solidworks 2013 api changes. Verify that the sheet metal part to open exists. First create a new part.

Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm. Open the immediate window. Use the thin feature options to control the extrude thickness not the depth.

Go to sheet metal and click edge flange from the sheet metal tab. In the graphics area. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. 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.

Question asked by brent racine on jul 15 2010 latest reply on jul 15. Extruding thin features thin feature is required when using an open contour sketch. Select use gauge table. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch.