Solidworks Solid Body To Sheet Metal

You can convert any imported sheet metal type part to a solidworks sheet metal part.

Solidworks solid body to sheet metal.

This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Click convert to sheet metal 3. Three types of bends are available when converting a solid body to a sheet metal part. Creating a sheet metal part by converting a solid body.

You must create the sketch before converting the solid body to a sheet metal part. Sharp bends round bends and flat bends. When a rip is required to create a sheet metal part you can use 2d and 3d sketches to define the rip. Multibody sheet metal parts can consist of multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal and other bodies such as weldment bodies.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. You can create a sheet metal part by converting a solid or surface body using the convert to sheet metal command. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. Convert to sheet metal propertymanager.

Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. Example of keep body option. Provide feedback on this topic solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Use the convert to sheet metal propertymanager to convert a solid or surface body to a sheet metal part. Under sheet metal parameters. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet.

Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it. When using the convert to sheet metal tool you can keep the solid body to use with multiple convert to sheet metal. Search converting a shelled solid body to a sheet metal part in the solidworks knowledge base. Using rip sketches with convert to sheet metal.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder.