Extruded Sheet Metal In Solidworks

Sketch a closed profile across the flattened bend and extrude the cut through all.

Extruded sheet metal in solidworks.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Under sheet metal parameters. The selected bend only is unfolded. This is available only when sheet metal features are present in the featuremanager design tree.

If the depth of the original extrusion changes the new one changes to match it. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Click front plane and click on sketch.

You might also like. In an existing sheet metal part click unfold or insert sheet metal. Solidworks 3d allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process saving you time and development costs thanks to specific sheet metal features. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. The link to thickness option is useful in sheet metal parts because the part must be of uniform thickness. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods. Search cutting across sheet metal bends in the solidworks knowledge base. Adds draft to the extruded feature. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.