To begin we first want to turn on the sheet metal tab on the commandmanager.
How to open sheet metal in solidworks 2015.
The sketch can be a single closed multiple closed or multiple enclosed profile.
Last modified on sep 22 2015 12 22 pm.
Search sheet metal toolbar in the solidworks knowledge base.
How to start a sheet metal part in solidworks let s connect.
Single open sketch profile line.
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Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.
We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features.
Draw the line sketch profile as shown in the above figure and apply all dimensions using the smart dimension tool.
The sketch must be on a plane or planar face that is perpendicular to the direction of thickness of the sheet metal part.
Attached is the file i need to convert to sheet metal.
To do this we simply need to right click any tab on the commandmanager and select sheet metal from the drop down menu.
Imported a step file saved it as a part file now want to convert to sheet metal the step file had rad corners already how should i convert to sheet metal.
Solidworks sheet metal tutorial.
Click on the sheet metal.
3 replies randal swearingen sep 22 2015 1 09 pm.
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The sheet metal toolbar provides tools for creating and using sheet metal parts.
You can edit the sketch.
Follow the above steps up to 2 sketch section of base flange.
Go to file and save sheet metal flange for future application of other solidworks sheet metal feature tools.
Then exit the.
Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design.