Bending Curved Sheet Metal Solidworks

Using forming tools with sheet metal.

Bending curved sheet metal solidworks.

Solidworks flex feature for bending stretching tapering and twisting your parts article by rod mackay updated december 17 2015 solidworks is a very diverse application and there are many different ways of creating more complicated non standard geometry. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks.

A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.

Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in. Diameter 22 x 0 1345 10ga thick. Get serious about your career and buy a course from us. I have been attempting to make a curved sheet metal circular part not working.

Part will be rolled curved on a 48 1875 cylinder. The closest i can get is to make an accurate half then mirror the part create assembly but when flattened falls apart. Click front plane and click on sketch. Multibody sheet metal parts.

Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend stretch or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers lances flanges and ribs. Under sheet metal parameters.