Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool Tutorial

This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files.

Solidworks sheet metal forming tool tutorial.

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. Right click on the toolbar and activate sheet metal. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. Quick tips video presented by mark.

How to use solidworks miter flange solidworks sheet metal tutorial 2. First create a new part. The sheet metal tool allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process all helping to save time and development costs. Learn two examples of inserting a forming tool into a sheet metal part in solidworks.

Click on the top plane and. The locating sketch is added to position the forming tool on the sheet metal part the colors are applied to distinguish the stopping face from the faces to remove. Solidworks sheet metal tutorial step 1. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes.

Please subscribe our channel for more videos and projects in solidworks. Sheet metal miter flange is also like edge flange helps to add one or more flanges on base flange sheet metal part. In this tutorial video i will sketch sheet metal box using louver tool in solidworks. You must consider how the minimum radius of curvature mrc correlates with the forming tool.

The mrc in a forming tool is a good measure of the maximum thickness for a sheet metal part. Let s see how this works.