Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool

Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.

Solidworks sheet metal forming tool.

In the propertymanager on the type tab. Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools. Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts.

Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. Multibody sheet metal parts. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes.

When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the. Select a face as the stopping face. Using forming tools with sheet metal. There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks.

You can find these items in the forming tools folder. Using sheet metal bend parameters. The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line. Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories.

Provide feedback on this topic. Search using sheet metal tools in the solidworks knowledge base. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. There are a number of useful tools here.

This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files.