Convert Bends Sheet Metal Solidworks

M converting to sheet metal should get rid of the beveled edges once you hand pick the two bend faces.

Convert bends sheet metal solidworks.

Visit our learning library which features all of our training courses and tutorials at http. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Measure the thickness of the imported solid with the measure tools.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Enter the material thickness you want 5. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet 4. M measure the bend radius of the imported solid with the measure tools.

Enter a default inside radius for the bends. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. 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 combination of these two tools make up the core functionality of the convert to sheet metal tool and focus on the edge connections between faces in the solid body.

The part is already bent but it s a dummy solid so no need to insert bends. You might also like. Under sheet metal parameters. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Click convert to sheet metal 3. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.