Convert Body To Sheet Metal Solidworks

This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal.

Convert body to sheet metal solidworks.

This approach will work for any solid body you have including imported bodies made in other systems. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part. The sheet metal tool in solidworks is located in the sheet metal toolbar and drop down menu. Using this tool is an all in one approach to transforming a solid body into sheet metal.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Under sheet metal parameters. For more information about solid. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied.

Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Click convert to sheet metal 3.