Convert Curved Surface To Sheet Metal Solidworks

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.

Convert curved surface to sheet metal solidworks.

The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. Once you have a solid body in the shape that you want there are a couple of ways to convert it into sheet metal. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. 2 solidworks will pick the rip edges for you by process of elimination.

Flatten it by converting it using the insert bends command instead. Create the sheet metal part as a solid body in solidworks. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder.

I have recently got into learning surfacing in solidworks 2012 and i have been working on some sheet metal components. However when i go to convert sheet metal i have no luck. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. 3 when all edges have been added to the two groups hit the green check.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. This will make some of the more complex geometries easier to create and control. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Stop putting a small flat section on your part just to get it to convert to sheet metal. Notice the three features added. Sheet metal convert and flat pattern suppressed. 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 method you choose will depend on the state of the solid body and. Under sheet metal parameters. The way i have gone about this is simply modeling internal external faces using surfaces. Here is your sheet metal box.

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.