Solidworks Solid Body To Sheet Metal

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Solidworks solid body to sheet metal.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Three types of bends are available when converting a solid body to a sheet metal part. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet. Click convert to sheet metal 3.

You can create a sheet metal part by converting a solid or surface body using the convert to sheet metal command. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. Sharp bends round bends and flat bends. When using the convert to sheet metal tool you can keep the solid body to use with multiple convert to sheet metal.

You can convert any imported sheet metal type part to a solidworks sheet metal part. Creating a sheet metal part by converting a solid body. Each body has its own sheet metal and material definition flat pattern and. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another 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. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. Under sheet metal parameters.

Use the convert to sheet metal propertymanager to convert a solid or surface body to a sheet metal part. You must create the sketch before converting the solid body to a sheet metal part. Convert to sheet metal propertymanager. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Example of keep body option. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. The solid body can be an imported sheet metal part.

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