Curve Sheet Metal Solidworks

Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.

Curve sheet metal solidworks.

Any suggestions would be helpful. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. There are planar portions and bent portions in a sheet metal part and for the bent portions we apply simple math in order to deteremine the developed length. And when i unfold the flat pattern after adding holes the holes disappear.

Solidworks sheet metal as well as any other cad sheet metal applicaiton is actually pretty simple and straight forward. I have been attempting to make a curved sheet metal circular part not working. I ran through this very quick and messed up my terminology between transverse and longitudinal but hopefully it will still be helpful. The closest i can get is to make an accurate half then mirror the part create assembly but when flattened falls apart.

Diameter 22 x 0 1345 10ga thick. See more about our p. Under sheet metal parameters. 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.

Now i want to add mounting holes. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. I can t sketch on a curve. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Admittedly sheet metal is not my strong point i do more with machining. Tutorial 1 solidworks user interface tutorial 2 introduction to solidworks tutorial 3 how to create simple box tutorial 4 how to create simple plate tutorial 5 how to create allen key tutorial 6 how to create 17 wheel tutorial 7 how to sheet metal part tutorial 8 how to create spring tutorial 9 how to. Specifically i ve drawn a parabolic arc which i ve turned into a flange it s a reflector.