Bend Flat Sheet Metal Solidworks

Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress.

Bend flat sheet metal solidworks.

Look at part tree. Select process bends and all of the features after it. This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out. Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature. You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature. This file sets the format of the bend line notes.

Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install dir lang language bendnoteformat txt. Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following.

Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten.

This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry. Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends.