Solidworks Wrap Sheet Metal

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Solidworks wrap sheet metal.

Placing a decal on a sheet metal part is similar to any type of part file. In the graphics area select the solidworks sketch. The final step is to choose additional faces for the decal to wrap around. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

Solidworks keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet. Click wrap features toolbar or insert features wrap. When the mapping tab is selected click in the selected geometry box. Under sheet metal parameters.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. 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. The wrap feature supports contour selection and sketch reuse.

You can project a wrap feature onto multiple faces. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Subscribe to our blog.

The steps are as follows. There are a total of six. Download cheat sheet here. For wrap method click spline surface.

For wrap type click emboss. You might also like. You can flatten the bends in a sheet metal part in the following ways.