Bend Flat Sheet Metal Solidworks

This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry.

Bend flat sheet metal solidworks.

Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install dir lang language bendnoteformat txt. You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. To create a flat pattern configuration. Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. Some items to note about a sketched bend feature. Use line sketch and connected open end of this sketch and make it close both end.

Only lines are allowed in the sketch. To ensure that all features are shown in a flat pattern you should create the flat pattern configuration after the entire design pattern of the part is complete. You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes. This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out.

You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Click features extruded boss base set d1 to 0 5in and ok.