Bend Flat Sheet Metal Solidworks

The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.

Bend flat sheet metal solidworks.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out.

This file sets the format of the bend line notes. Only lines are allowed in the sketch. You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table.

Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends. Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install dir lang language bendnoteformat txt. You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. Some items to note about a sketched bend feature. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Click features extruded boss base set d1 to 0 5in and ok. Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature. Use line sketch and connected open end of this sketch and make it close both end.