Solidworks Solid Body To Sheet Metal

Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet.

Solidworks solid body to sheet metal.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Each body has its own sheet metal and material definition flat pattern and.

Click convert to sheet metal 3. The solid body can be an imported sheet metal part. Convert to sheet metal propertymanager. Under sheet metal parameters.

This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Creating a sheet metal part by converting a solid body. When using the convert to sheet metal tool you can keep the solid body to use with multiple convert to sheet metal. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Multibody sheet metal parts can consist of multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal and other bodies such as weldment bodies. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Three types of bends are available when converting a solid body to a sheet metal part. Example of keep body option.

Using rip sketches with convert to sheet metal. 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. You must create the sketch before converting the solid body to a sheet metal part. You can create a sheet metal part by converting a solid or surface body using the convert to sheet metal command.

Use the convert to sheet metal propertymanager to convert a solid or surface body to a sheet metal part. Provide feedback on this topic solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. When a rip is required to create a sheet metal part you can use 2d and 3d sketches to define the rip.

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