Dimensioning Sheet Metal Parts Solidworks

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Dimensioning sheet metal parts solidworks.

Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks. From the view palette drag the flat pattern.

The sheet metal tool allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process all helping to save time and development costs. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools. How to mirror parts.

Select your sketch in the feature tree then in the command manager select the base flange function from the sheet metal tab. Check override default parameters if you wish to adjust. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. Search drawings of sheet metal parts in the solidworks knowledge base.

Sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. Sheet metal options vary depending on whether you are working with a part assembly or drawing. Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material. You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part.

Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm. Sheet metal gauge bend table. Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. To create a drawing of a flat pattern.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Please subscribe our channel for mo. Sheet metal properties properties specific to sheet metal parts are calculated and displayed in the cut list properties dialog box. Creating drawings of flat patterns.