Convert Sweep To Sheet Metal Solidworks

Convert to an open sketch either inner or outer arc and rest of them to construction.

Convert sweep to sheet metal solidworks.

For more information about solid. Create the solid part. I have recently got into learning surfacing in solidworks 2012 and i have been working on some sheet metal components. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal.

To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. One end of the curve modify to small straight length tangent to the main arc. I m trying to convert this imported part to sheet metal. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder.

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. However when i go to convert sheet metal i have no luck. In the swept flange feature select flatten along path and add correct thickness. I then click on the face with the slot and the hole on it as the fixed entity.

I think you can use swept flange in sheet metal with minor modification to the sketch1. Bend radii and thicknesses are measured from the model and maintained making this one of the easiest ways to convert any design to a sheet metal part and get a flat pattern even if you don t have any flat faces at all. I have been using surfaces with the aim of later converting them to sheet metal. How to create a tapered helical spring using the lofted bend sheet metal tool in solidworks 2011.

I m doing insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. For more solidworks tips and tricks please visit the solid. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet 4. This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal.

Click convert to sheet metal 3. Enter the material thickness you want. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Haven t really worked with sheet metal so i m not really sure what i m doing wrong.

The way i have gone about this is simply modeling internal external faces using surfaces.