Solidworks Sheet Metal Settings

When all options are cleared all individual body sheet metal parameters are driven by the settings in the sheet metal folder.

Solidworks sheet metal settings.

The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened. To control verification on rebuild for large assembly settings click tools options system options assemblies and under large assembly settings select or clear disable verification on rebuild. When you assign a custom material to a sheet metal part you can link the sheet metal parameters to the material. Suppresses warning messages for certain sheet metal part.

Ignore self intersection check for some sheet metal features. Sheet metal parts display the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree. Set the input values for determining the cost of manufacturing a sheet metal part from the costing task pane. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.

Sheet metal task pane. The name of the face is displayed in the fixed face or edge box. I personally use the k factor version but many may prefer bend allowance or go with a bend table. Select the fixed face on the model.

It must be done from thinnest to largest and there can. Use the costingmanager on the left side of the solidworks software window to see how the costing tool categorizes each operation required for manufacturing the part. Both can be found in a nearby folder. In the propertymanager under bend parameters.

Custom operations for sheet metal parts. They are stored in. Type the bend radius. Override bend allowance parameters.

The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. Override auto relief parameters. Use sheet metal parameters from material. 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.

Costingmanager for sheet metal parts. Install dir documents and settings all users application data solidworks solidworks version design library forming tools. Properly formatting the list of gauges is important. Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.

When selected these options override the sheet metal folder parameters.