Bending Curved Sheet Metal Solidworks

A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature.

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. The closest i can get is to make an accurate half then mirror the part create assembly but when flattened falls apart. I have been attempting to make a curved sheet metal circular part not working. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Under sheet metal parameters. Part will be rolled curved on a 48 1875 cylinder. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Click front plane and click on sketch. Here we will learn how to use sketched bend command in solidworks sheet metal and create a bend at any part of plan surface at any angle and dimension. 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.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. Using forming tools with sheet metal. Multibody sheet metal parts.

Diameter 22 x 0 1345 10ga thick. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in.