Rolling Sheet Metal Solidworks

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.

Rolling sheet metal solidworks.

First phase in creating a rolled sheet metal component within solidworks once the sketches are complete it is time to use the sheet metal lofted bend tool. Second phase in creating a rolled sheet metal component within solidworks. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. 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 create a lofted section from your two projected sketches. Exercise 23 cylindrical sheet metal parts linear sketch patterns. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. In your case it would be a 359 9 degree bend.

Since 1984 jorgenson metal rolling and forming has been serving the metals industry in southern california we specialize in rolling of all structural shapes including angle rolling square and rectangular tube rolling pipe rolling channel rolling spiral rolling and beam rolling as well as heavy. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. You might also like. Sheet metal design is based on a press brake operation not a rolling operation.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Starting with the flat and then forming with the rolled and flat associative is hard to do. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Under sheet metal parameters.

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