Change Solid Part Into Sheet Metal Solidworks

This approach will work for any solid body you have including imported bodies made in other systems.

Change solid part into sheet metal solidworks.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Open a solid part file. Once this information is entered we pick the fixed face which in this case is the bottom. How to use the convert to sheet metal tool.

You might also like. Click convert to sheet metal 3. Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet 4. The sheet metal tool in solidworks is located in the sheet metal toolbar and drop down menu.

Solidworks offers a great feature called convert to sheet metal to help convert solid part to a sheet metal component which can then be flattened and utilized for shop floor requirements. Click on convert to sheet metal. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. 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.

Create the solid part. Enter the material thickness you want. The first selection is the type and gauge of sheet metal that will be used for this solid part. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.