Features such as holes and cuts are recognized as manufacturing cut paths for operations such as laser water jet and plasma cutting.
Cost of solidworks sheet metal tools.
There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
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The solidworks costing tool helps you calculate how much it costs to manufacture sheet metal machined multibody parts and assemblies as well as plastic molded cast 3d printed parts and multibody weldments by automating the cost estimation and quotation process.
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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.
Set the input values for determining the cost of manufacturing a sheet metal part from the costing task pane.
In a sheet metal part click costing tools toolbar or the evaluate tab on the commandmanager or tools solidworks applications costing.
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If the software does not calculate a cost estimate automatically select options in the costing task pane to estimate the part cost.
You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature.
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In tools options system options file locations set the path for costing templates.
Costingmanager for sheet metal parts use the costingmanager on the left side of the solidworks software window to see how the costing tool categorizes each operation required for manufacturing the part.
Cannot access the costing tool for a sheet metal part.
The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge.
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 are not using solidworks professional or solidworks premium.
Design validate cost effective sheet metal models with solidworks sheet metal tools designers can increase their productivity multi times.
Costing is only available in solidworks professional and solidworks premium.
This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry.
The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started.