The sheetmetal featue in solidworks determines the thickness and bend radius.
Solidworks simple sheet metal part.
You know the basic try model this bracket.
Simple sheet metal part 9.
Side flange profile sketches do not need the cross section drawn the lines will be thickened and all the sharp edges will be turn into bends.
If you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu you can right click on main menu tab and check sheetmetal option.
To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten.
Under sheet metal parameters.
Simple sheet metal part 3.
Look at part tree.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
L shape sketch creates one bend in the base feature this sheet metal part is centered on the right plane.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
Sheetmetal features are used so that the part can be flattened out to create a flat pattern.
The sheet metal tool allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process all helping to save time and development costs.
12 gauge steel is used for this model.
Let s see how this works solidworks sheet metal tutorial.
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.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods.