How To Use Sheet Metal Forming Tool Solidworks

The file is now complete when saving the file there are two options.

How to use sheet metal forming tool solidworks.

After you insert a forming tool in a model you can replace the forming tool with another one. Select a face as the stopping face. Select the top face for the stopping face and the separated face as the face to remove. The break corner corner trim tool cuts or adds material to a folded sheet metal part on an edge or a face.

Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library. The forming tool command can now be used to set up the model. This can be launched from the sheet metal toolbar. This is available only in sheet metal parts with flatten bends1 and process bends1 features.

If forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. Click under sheet metal tab. Let s establish the insertion point. Saving the files in the design library forming tools as any soldiworks part sldprt sldlfp sldftp saving the files in any folder on your machine but saving it as a solidworks.

Now let s use the forming tool command to identify the stopping face for the tool faces that need to be removed and the insertion point when the tool is applied. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. Applying forming tools to sheet metal parts. The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line.

Two property boxes are contained within this command one for a stopping face in green and one for faces to be removed in red pink. Corner reliefs and bend transitions. Select one or more faces as the faces to remove. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool.

Sheet metal parts display the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree. In the propertymanager on the type tab. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder.