Using Sheet Metal On Solidworks

The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge.

Using sheet metal on solidworks.

Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend stretch or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers lances flanges and ribs. You can create compound bends in sheet metal parts using the swept flange tool. We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Here is a look at the solidworks sheet metal tools. Using forming tools with sheet metal.

However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal. The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry.

You can add bend lines to the sheet metal part while the part is in its folded state with a sketched bend feature. You might also like. 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. Under sheet metal parameters.

Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create. Multibody sheet metal parts. Very powerful yet easy to use giving product designers and engineers the ultimate tool to get their job. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.

This allows you to dimension the bend line to other folded.