Convert Boss Extrude To Sheet Metal

That means if you have closed contour sketch drawing then you can add materials to that contour and convert it into 3d model.

Convert boss extrude to sheet metal.

In faces to remove select the faces as shown. Create a block with the extruded boss base tool. Using the extrude boss feature you create 3d models like block cube cylinder 3d polygon 3d elliptical shapes etc. An extruded boss base feature will allow you to take a 2d sketch and add thickness to it in the third dimension.

Shell the block to 1mm so the part is of uniform thickness. This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal. Extrude boss base feature is mainly located in features command manager or insert menu. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Showing the final results. The extruded boss base feature can be found on the features tab in the command manager interface as shown in figure 1. Under sheet metal parameters.

In today s blog we will review and break down some of the great tools available in each section of the extrude command. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. You can also go to the toolbar and click insert boss base extrude to pull up the boss extrude feature menu as well. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder.

This is why you will often find that people will create a very small flat section using a boss extrude to create a flat section at the end. It may have been difficult to see in the video but if you are dead set on using the convert to sheet metal command you need to have a planar flat face. For more information about solid. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Showing the results of convert entities tool and extrude boss command. Every few releases this feature gets some terrific functionality added to it. Make it normal and choose the convert entities.

To create a part of uniform thickness and convert it to sheet metal. Make the block 50mm on all sides. No the edge of your sheet metal part doesn t count.