Enable Sheet Metal Solidworks

Click base flange tab on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal base flange.

Enable sheet metal solidworks.

Provide feedback on this topic solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Click base flange tab on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal base flange. Solidworks 3d allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process saving you time and development costs thanks to specific sheet metal features. The tab is added to the sheet metal part.

The tab is added to the sheet metal part. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. Click on the sheet metal. First create a new part.

In sheet metal parameters enter 2 mm for t1 which represents the sheet metal thickness and 2 mm in the next field for the radius. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. On the model select a linear edge on an end face of a cylindrical or conical face or select a planar face for fixed face or edge. On the inside metal is compressed while on the outside it expands.

Create a sketch on a plane or planar face that meets the sheet metal tab requirements. Search sheet metal tab in the solidworks knowledge base. Under sheet metal gauges select use gauge table and select a table. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods.

In the featuremanager design tree right click sheet metal and click edit feature. We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. When metal is bent it deforms.

Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. The tab s depth and direction are automatically set to match the parameters of the base flange feature. The tab s depth and direction are automatically set to match the parameters of the base flange feature. The next parameter is very important.