Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool

Using sheet metal bend parameters.

Solidworks sheet metal forming tool.

Select a face as the stopping face. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts. Using forming tools with sheet metal. Search using sheet metal tools in the solidworks knowledge base.

We will learn base flange extruded cut unfold fold corner break solidworks design library forming tool bridge lances and appearance in solidworks shee. Provide feedback on this topic. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.

Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the. Multibody sheet metal parts. Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools.

Select one or more faces as the faces to remove. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. In the following image you can see how a forming tool is dragged from the design library onto the sheet metal model to form the part.

You can find these items in the forming tools folder. In the propertymanager on the type tab. There are a number of useful tools here. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step.

The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line.