Dimensioning Sheet Metal Parts Solidworks

Add a dimension to set the depth of your profile in this case 10mm.

Dimensioning sheet metal parts solidworks. Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations. Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Search drawings of sheet metal parts in the solidworks knowledge base.

Please subscribe our channel for mo. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks.

Sheet metal gauge bend table. The sheet metal tool allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process all helping to save time and development costs. Creating drawings of flat patterns. Select your sketch in the feature tree then in the command manager select the base flange function from the sheet metal tab.

You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. Sheet metal properties properties specific to sheet metal parts are calculated and displayed in the cut list properties dialog box. Check override default parameters if you wish to adjust.

You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. Sheet metal options vary depending on whether you are working with a part assembly or drawing. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.