Convert Cylinder To Sheet Metal Solidworks

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

Convert cylinder to sheet metal solidworks.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. However sheet metal parts created with the lofted bends feature avoid this limitation and unfold appropriately. Notice the three features added. The method you choose will depend on the state of the solid body and.

Once you have a solid body in the shape that you want there are a couple of ways to convert it into sheet metal. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. If you cannot insert an axis then the model is not an exact cylinder and cannot be unfolded.

2 solidworks will pick the rip edges for you by process of elimination. 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. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Create the sheet metal part as a solid body in solidworks.

This often means making your first feature a base flange but it can also make use of the convert to sheet metal command if your part is imported into solidworks or if the shape is easier to model as solid no need to use the shell command but more about that in another tech tip. You might also like. 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 will make some of the more complex geometries easier to create and control.

Convert to sheet metal. Sheet metal convert and flat pattern suppressed. As a test try to insert an axis on the cylindrical face. When dealing with sheet metal parts a best practice is to define it as a sheet metal part sooner rather than later.

Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. Under sheet metal parameters.