Enable Sheet Metal Solidworks

Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal.

Enable sheet metal solidworks.

Click base flange tab on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal base flange. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial. On the model select a linear edge on an end face of a cylindrical or conical face or select a planar face for fixed face or edge. The tab s depth and direction are automatically set to match the parameters of the base flange feature.

Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Provide feedback on this topic solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Under sheet metal gauges select use gauge table and select a table. Search sheet metal tab in the solidworks knowledge base.

Now sketch and use smart dimension to give a dimension to the design. We will focus on the flange method where a sheet metal part is created in the formed state using specialized sheet metal features. When metal is bent it deforms. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods.

First create a new part. Search sheet metal toolbar in the solidworks knowledge base. The next parameter is very important. 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.

The tab is added to the sheet metal part. The tab s depth and direction are automatically set to match the parameters of the base flange feature. In the featuremanager design tree right click sheet metal and click edit feature. Create a sketch on a plane or planar face that meets the sheet metal tab requirements.

Click base flange tab on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal base flange. Click on the sheet metal. Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. In sheet metal parameters enter 2 mm for t1 which represents the sheet metal thickness and 2 mm in the next field for the radius.