Extruded Sheet Metal In Solidworks

Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

Extruded sheet metal in solidworks. Extruding thin features thin feature is required when using an open contour sketch. Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Sketches a circle on the selected face. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm.

Open the immediate window. The unfold propertymanager appears. Opens the sheet metal part. First create a new part.

Creates cut extrude2 which is an optimized normal cut extrude. Select use gauge table. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks. One of the parts is bent from 1 inch plate which makes me want to model it as sheet metal.

Click on the sheet metal. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Select a face as the fixed face. When sketching your cut use the mirror entities feature through the origin this will ensure you finish with a symmetrical part because the origin is in the.

At this stage you can now shape you profile using the extruded cut feature. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. A thin feature base can be used as a basis for a sheet metal part. Use the thin feature options to control the extrude thickness not the depth.

Verify that the sheet metal part to open exists. In the graphics area. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. In an existing sheet metal part click unfold or insert sheet metal unfold.

In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. Create the solid part. Solidworks 2013 api changes.