Solidworks Unbend Sheet Metal

To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide.

Solidworks unbend sheet metal.

So i made pre cuts to make them separate flanges running on the same plane. In a sheet metal part click unfold on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal unfold. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide.

The fixed face can be a planar face or linear edge. I couldn t seem to build the part and then add the cut out on the top with out errors this feature can not be unbent. If you have a look at the pictures of the part you can see i have these 3 flanges. This solidworks training video covers using the fold and unfold command in solidworks she.

In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the feature for fixed face. Click front plane and click on sketch. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.

Go around the limitations in the solidworks sheet metal functionality by using the divide and. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. The easiest way to achieve this for both native solidworks and imported parts is by using the insert bends sheet metal tool to flatten the major bends. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.

So i had this tricky sheet metal part to model for a customer. Unbend a square bar using the divide conquer technique in sheet metal.