Solidworks Sheet Metal Tutorial Forming Tool

First create a new part.

Solidworks sheet metal tutorial forming tool.

1 solidworks tutorial for beginners. Please subscribe our c. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. If the forming tool has radii that are pushed into the sheet metal body then the forming tool will fail when the concave radius is smaller than the material thickness.

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. Install dir programdata solidworks solidworks version design library forming tools. The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

Miter flange is slightly different from edge flange because it needs a sketch profile of lines or arcs. Sheet metal miter flange is also like edge flange helps to add one or more flanges on base flange sheet metal part. If the forming tool fails check the following conditions. Let s see how this works.

Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. In this case the radius that gets pushed into the sheet metal body becomes negative and forces the tool to fail. We will learn how to make custom forming tool and appearance in solidworks sheet metal. 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.

Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1. They are stored in. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.