Forming Sheet Metal Solidworks

This can be launched from the sheet metal toolbar.

Forming sheet metal solidworks.

The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. Install dir programdata solidworks solidworks version design library forming tools. The forming tool command can now be used to set up the model. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts.

They are stored in. Blankworks provides solidworks users with a fully integrated tool for developing optimal blank shapes for complex formed sheet metal designs. Two property boxes are contained within this command one for a stopping face in green and one for faces to be removed in red pink. It accounts for material stretch and deformation as well as bending and can flatten any solidworks geometry.

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. Saving the files in the design. Forming tools are used to create sheet metal features that would be produced using a punch or stamp. In the following image you can see how a forming tool is dragged from the design library onto the sheet metal model to form the part.

The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. Refer to the indentations as seen in the image below. The file is now complete when saving the file there are two options. Before creating a custom forming tool determining how it is going to be saved and stored is important because there are two different file types that could be used.