Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool

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Solidworks sheet metal forming tool.

Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. You can find these items in the forming tools folder. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools.

Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories. Select one or more faces as the faces to remove. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts. Search using sheet metal tools in the solidworks knowledge base.

Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools. There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks. The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.

Select a face as the stopping face. Multibody sheet metal parts. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. There are a number of useful tools here.

In the propertymanager on the type tab. We will learn base flange extruded cut unfold fold corner break solidworks design library forming tool bridge lances and appearance in solidworks shee. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the.

In the following image you can see how a forming tool is dragged from the design library onto the sheet metal model to form the part.