How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks

A convert solid folder which contains the bends used for this part.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks.

The sheet metal tool in solidworks is located in the sheet metal toolbar and drop down menu. To flatten a body do one. Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok. Then use the insert bends tool.

Solidprofessor sam sanchez september 2. Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten. Look at part tree. All sheet metal parts have a fixed face.

Edge flange see figure 3 can be used to add an attached wall to any sheet metal body. So how to flatten a sweep flange properly. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.

Sheet metal loft works very well with this however. This same tool can be used to make a flat piece of sheet metal that one would use to add edge flanges and other useful sheet metal features. Lofted bosses usually don t work out real well when you try to insert bends due to some slight anomalies in the loft. A flat pattern feature that you can unsuppress to view your flat pattern at any time.

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. The fixed face is the one that remains in the same position when unsuppressing the flat pattern. A sheet metal folder which contains your sheet metal parameters. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.

To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten. This approach will work for any solid body you have including imported bodies made in other systems. To return the part to its bent state. Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab.

In the cut list right click the body and click flatten. In either the featuremanager design tree or the cut list right click the flat pattern feature for the part and click unsuppress. The best non sheet metal feature for a cone like this is a thin revolve. Sheet metal parts can have sketches in the folded and the flat pattern states fig.

1 sketches created in the folded state can have an equivalent transformed sketch in the flat pattern state. Flattening cone shaped sheet metal in solidworks. 2019 solidworks help swept flanges for conical and cylindrical bodies i think the flattened sheet should look like the following sketch as the radius and arc length of the upper and lower side of the cylinder should be the same. In the featuremanager design tree select the part and click flatten sheet metal toolbar.