Convert Loft To Sheet Metal Solidworks

The base flange feature is not used with the lofted bend feature.

Convert loft to sheet metal solidworks.

1 solidworks tutorial for beginners. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part. Solidworks lofted bend tutorial solidworks sheet metal cone tutorial sheet metal transitions. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. We will learn sheet metal basic features like lofted bend extruded cut and appearance in solidworks sheet metal. In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. Lofted bends in sheet metal parts use two open profile sketches that are connected by a loft.

This tutorial will teach you how to use lofted bend in soli. Enter the material thickness you want. Click convert to sheet metal 3. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied.

Under sheet metal parameters. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.