Solidworks Sheet Metal Mirror Part

The mirror part command lets you create a new part by mirroring a sheet metal part.

Solidworks sheet metal mirror part.

How to mirror a part in solidworks tutorial duration. Now you insert a mirror part with the sheet metal information option checked and still linked to the parent part fig. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Editing the mirrored part sheet metal feature shows the part thickness was transferred to the mirrored part thickness.

Creating mirrored sheet metal parts. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. Solidworks sheet metal forming tools form verme araçları duration. The only bends that are not mirrored are those that are normal to and coincident to the mirror plane.

If a sheet metal part was created in solidworks 2015 and later versions you get some new check boxes that pertain to specifically sheet metal features when using mirror part feature in solidworks you get the check boxes shown below. Getting sheet metal information and unlocking properties in solidworks sheet metal parts. Those bends are extended. Mirroring sheet metal.

You can copy the features of the original part to the mirrored part by breaking the link to the original part. Solidworks academy 70 550 views. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. The copied sheet metal features are added to the featuremanager design tree of the new part.

Introduced in solidworks 2015 when creating mirrored versions of sheet metal parts it is now possible to transfer the sheet metal and flat pattern information from the original part to the mirrored part saving you a huge amount of time during the drafting phase. Click front plane and click on sketch.