Solidworks Sheet Metal Rolled

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Solidworks sheet metal rolled.

Consider a 3 foot diameter metal cylinder and how we could create this and create a flat patten using the sheet metal tools found in solidworks standard. When you need to create large diameter round parts sheet metal may not be the first tool you d consider but it a great tool for this application. Solidworks sheet metal allows you to quickly and easily design folded or flat parts but what about parts that don t have simple straight bends. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.

Subscribe subscribed unsubscribe 3 04k. Under sheet metal parameters. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

Once the holes are created the fold tool may be used to roll up the flat sheet. As designs get more complex and start to violate the conditions and requirements for you to use certain features you may need to switch to a few additional techniques that allow you to create flat. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. There are some tips and tricks included.

This can especially useful for locating and punching holes in the sheet. The bonus to this method is that the solidworks rolled component can then be unrolled using the sheet metal unfold tool. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

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