Convert To Sheet Metal Solidworks 2018

This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal.

Convert to sheet metal solidworks 2018.

Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. Under sheet metal parameters.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.

For more information about solid. Use the convert to sheet metal propertymanager to convert a solid or surface body to a sheet metal part. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. Solidworks 2018 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and. The solid body can be an imported sheet metal part.