Fill Patterns In Sheet Metal Solid

You can create a sheet metal perforation style pattern or a pattern of concentric shapes typically used to enhance aesthetics.

Fill patterns in sheet metal solid. Jody has defined and helped bring forth several projects during his tenure including variable pattern selective and zonal section views thread and advanced hole as well as several large scale quality and performance related efforts. In this video i explain how fill patterns can be used to quickly create complex types of patterns. Solidworks will automatically pattern a feature and space it fit within a bounding area usually a face. The command fills the defined region with a pattern of features or a predefined cut shape.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. This is typically done to add perforations to sheet metal parts. Parameters control the pattern layout.

The fill pattern feature lets you select an area defined by co planar faces or a sketch that lies on co planar faces. Solidworks pattern feature tutorial complete linear pattern circular pattern curve driven pattern. Recent enhancements made to standard patterning make it easy to. The fill pattern feature can even create its own hole features.

Accelerate your capabilities with solidworks standard patterning and validate count feature. Parameters control the pattern layout. The fill pattern feature is an excellent yet little known patterning tool in solidworks. To create a fill pattern click fill pattern features toolbar or insert pattern mirror fill pattern set the propertymanager options and click.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Follow simple steps to learn. If you use a sketch for the boundary you may need to select the pattern direction. The fill pattern feature lets you use a predefined shape to fill a space.

He primarily focuses on solid and surface modeling features and helps with sheet metal weldments and toolbox. This tutorial shows step by step how to use linear ci. The feature can also be used to quickly create perforated pattern types. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.