Solidworks Unbend Sheet Metal

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

Solidworks unbend sheet metal.

This solidworks training video covers using the fold and unfold command in solidworks she. Go around the limitations in the solidworks sheet metal functionality by using the divide and. The fixed face can be a planar face or linear edge. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.

In this tutorial video we will learn how to create a bracket with the help of sheet metal commands like base flange sketched bend and sheet metal gusset. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the feature for fixed face. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.

If you have a look at the pictures of the part you can see i have these 3 flanges. In a sheet metal part click unfold on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal unfold. Click front plane and click on sketch. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide.

So i made pre cuts to make them separate flanges running on the same plane. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Unbend a square bar using the divide conquer technique in sheet metal. The easiest way to achieve this for both native solidworks and imported parts is by using the insert bends sheet metal tool to flatten the major bends.

I couldn t seem to build the part and then add the cut out on the top with out errors this feature can not be unbent. It should be noted that this article is part 1 of a two part series and is geared toward simple bent tubes or tubes that have bends only in one plane as pictured above.