Bend Metal Sheet Solidworks

Click sketched bend on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal sketched bend.

Bend metal sheet solidworks.

Set a value for bend angle and click reverse direction if necessary. You might also like. In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the bend for fixed face. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

1 solidworks tutorial for be. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

It is possible to create a solid part then convert it to sheet metal to add the bends and sheet metal features. The options and values you specify for bend radius bend allowance and auto relief are shown as the default settings for the next new sheet metal part that you create. Under sheet metal parameters. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Click a bend position of bend centerline material inside material outside or bend outside. Parts with conical faces can also be made of sheet metal. A bent sheet metal part is created whose dimensions in the flattened state reflect the specified bend allowance and radius values. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.

Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Click front plane and click on sketch. Creating sheet metal parts with conical faces. 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.