How To Create A Sheet Metal Cone In Solidworks

I have always used the lofted bends in sheetmetal to create a cone.

How to create a sheet metal cone in solidworks.

To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. Select ignore beveled faces to exclude chamfers from being converted into sheet metal bends. Recently i have had the need to add a flange lip to the top of the cone.

Create the solid part. The name of the edge is displayed in the fixed face or edge box. The convert to sheet metal command lets you specify the thickness bends and rips necessary to convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. When applying the insert bends feature located on the sheet metal toolbar or from the insert dropdown menu under sheet metal solidworks tells us a non linear edge at the seam of this cone is invalid.

Videos you watch may be added to the tv s watch history and influence tv recommendations. The fixed edge remains in place when the part is flattened. To do this i have had to use the swept flange method. This solidtec solidworks tip demonstrates how to produce a sheet metal cone in solidworks using the lofted bend tool then export the flat pattern to dwg o.

This course shows you all the tools you need to design high quality manufacturable sheet metal components from scratch. If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device. We ll show you how to convert standa. In the tutorial video we re presented with a cone designed with the revolve shell and cut extrude features.

Select a planar face tangent to the conical face as the fixed face. To avoid this cancel and sign in to. Set the bend radius. With the radius or diameter dimension plus a dimension for the gap we can exit this sketch and move onto the next profile.