Solidworks Sheet Metal Settings

Suppresses warning messages for certain sheet metal part.

Solidworks sheet metal settings.

Type the bend radius. To control verification on rebuild for large assembly settings click tools options system options assemblies and under large assembly settings select or clear disable verification on rebuild. Override bend allowance parameters. It must be done from thinnest to largest and there can.

Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Sheet metal parts display the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree. Properly formatting the list of gauges is important. Set the input values for determining the cost of manufacturing a sheet metal part from the costing task pane.

I personally use the k factor version but many may prefer bend allowance or go with a bend table. Select the fixed face on the model. Override auto relief parameters. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment.

Ignore self intersection check for some sheet metal features. When selected these options override the sheet metal folder parameters. The name of the face is displayed in the fixed face or edge box. Costingmanager for sheet metal parts.

Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends. It is located in c program files solidworks corp solidworks lang english sheet metal gauge tables. The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened. Use sheet metal parameters from material.

The following options let you control the default behavior for newly created sheet metal bodies whether sheet metal definitions follow the sheet metal folder settings or not. In the individual sheet metal body propertymanagers the corresponding override default parameters check boxes are selected. When all options are cleared all individual body sheet metal parameters are driven by the settings in the sheet metal folder. Sheet metal task pane.

Use the costingmanager on the left side of the solidworks software window to see how the costing tool categorizes each operation required for manufacturing the part. The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. Install dir documents and settings all users application data solidworks solidworks version design library forming tools. Custom operations for sheet metal parts.

In the propertymanager under bend parameters.