Under thin feature set the thickness.
How to add bend rib to sheet metal in solidworks.
This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry.
Click extruded boss base features toolbar.
To create a rib.
Multibody sheet metal parts.
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Create a sheet metal part from a solid body or surface.
When you click insert bends on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal bends two distinct stages are applied to the sheet metal part.
Select a face to be the fixed face.
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The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started.
It is possible to create a solid part then convert it to sheet metal to add the bends and sheet metal features.
Click insert bends sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal bends.
Sketch the contour to use as the rib feature on a plane that intersects the part or is parallel or at an angle to an existing plane.
You can create compound bends in sheet metal parts using the swept flange tool.
Set the direction and depth of the extrusion.
Click rib features toolbar or insert.
Using forming tools with sheet metal.
Here we will learn how to use sketched bend command in solidworks sheet metal and create a bend at any part of plan surface at any angle and dimension.
The sketched position angle and gauge radius.
Set the bend radius.
Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create.
Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend stretch or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers lances flanges and ribs.
Add a bend to a sheet metal part from a sketch line or lines.
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Convert to sheet metal.
If the part is not a constant thickness the sheet metal features may not work properly.
The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge.
Converting a shelled solid body to a sheet metal part.
