How To Use Sheet Metal Tool In Solidworks

The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge.

How to use sheet metal tool in solidworks.

We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. Forming tools are a powerful sheet metal feature in solidworks. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. This allows you to dimension the bend line to other folded.

James frick takes us through the process to use sheet metal forming tools from the library. This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry. The part on which you insert the forming tool is called the target part. You might also like.

A sheet metal part has the sheet metal1 feature in the featuremanager design tree. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal. You can create compound bends in sheet metal parts using the swept flange tool. The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge.

You can create your own forming tools using many of the same steps you use to. You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods. Standard shapes can be dragged onto any sheet metal part to push pull and or cut material with a standard die shape.

You can add bend lines to the sheet metal part while the part is in its folded state with a sketched bend feature.