Convert Cone To Sheet Metal Solidworks

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder.

Convert cone to sheet metal solidworks.

Designers are not limited to only one sheet metal part. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. 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. If you cannot insert an axis then the model is not an exact cone and cannot be unfolded.

This will make some of the more complex geometries easier to create and control. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Once you have a solid body in the shape that you want there are a couple of ways to convert it into sheet metal. As shown in figure 4 the checkbox for keep body has been enabled in order to reuse the same body in case the bottom and back side need to be utilized for a multibody sheet metal design.

As a test try to insert an axis on the conical face. Create the sheet metal part as a solid body in solidworks. Under sheet metal parameters. However sheet metal parts created with the lofted bends feature avoid this limitation and unfold appropriately.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it. Convert to sheet metal. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. You might also like. In the tutorial video we re presented with a cone designed with the revolve shell and cut extrude features. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Click convert to sheet metal 3. The method you choose will depend on the state of the solid body and. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder.