How To Start A Sheet Metal Part In Solidworks 2015

When it comes to creating a sheet metal part in solidworks you have two choices for the first step.

How to start a sheet metal part in solidworks 2015.

Open the part to be split. Method 1 base flange. Create a sketch to be used to split the part. You can also create a bounding box for any cut list item in a cut list independent of the type of solid or sheet metal bodies in the cut list item.

The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened. Web help content version. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. For this option you start with the sheet metal option right away.

The simbot solidworks series is a set of. Solidworks 2015 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead. First you do a sketch and then define the sheet metal options like thickness and default bend radius. To split a sheet metal part using the split command.

Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. Select split features toolbar. In the propertymanager under bend parameters. The bounding box is represented by a sketch when you flatten the sheet metal part and is located in the featuremanager design tree under flat pattern.

Example of bounding box sketch in a flat pattern. Create a part by sketching the part profile then extruding a thin feature part. Episode 4 1 creating a sheet metal part this video demonstrates how to create a basic sheetmetal part and add flanges to it using the edge flange tool. Select the fixed face on the model.