The three main options that you will select between are.
Bend allowance table for sheet metal solidworks.
The bend table approach is probably the most accurate approach for calculating bend allowance.
Even though bend allowance table is in my system swx is not detecting it.
To edit the default bend radius bend allowance or bend deduction or default relief type.
The value of the bend allowance that comes from sheet metal suppliers and manufactures as well as engineering textbooks are provided in bend tables and bend table looks pretty much like the following excel spreadsheet.
In solidworks this is achieved by selecting the relevant bend allowance options in the sheet metal tool.
Other methods include bend tables k factor and bend calculation.
Bend allowance and bend deduction calculations are methods you can choose to determine the flat length of sheet stock to give the desired dimension of the bent part.
The sample bend table is provided only for informational purposes.
Using a bend table in a sheet metal part.
Under sheet metal gauges select use gauge table and select a table.
When working in sheet metal we need to be able take a folded sheet flatten it and have an accurate size flat pattern.
The bend allowance bend deduction of the sheet metal specified in k factor by configuring and utilizing a sheet metal gauge table we can speed up the process of selecting the correct wall thickness based on gauge value and selecting the correct bend radius based on available tooling we can also automate the process of selecting the.
But aside from that we ve found it a good idea to save the deduction tables outside the solidworks directory so that when you upgrade to the new version you.
Now to use this table for a sheet metal part all you need to do is to right click on sheet metal feature in the design tree and edit the feature then under bend allowance section select this new custom made table.
If the thickness of the part or bend angle falls between values in the table the software interpolates the values to calculate the bend allowance.
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Check that you have the sheet metal bend tables folders set not just the templates.
The values in this table do not represent any actual bend allowance values.
In the featuremanager design tree right click sheet metal and click edit feature.
