Solidworks Tutorial: Sheet Metal #001
The sheet metal tool allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process, all helping to save time and development costs. Let’s see how this works Solidworks sheet metal tutorial Step 1 First Create a New Part. Step 2 Right-click on the toolbar and activate Sheet Metal . Step 3 Click on the top plane and then create a new sketch. Step 4 Now, sketch and use Smart Dimension to give a dimension to the design. Step 5 Click on the Sheet Metal tab, select Base Flange/Tab and give 1 mm to the sheet metal parameters. Step 6 To bend the sheet metal part, sketch lines on the part as shown in the picture. Step 7 Bend the part by clicking Sketched Bend , or Insert >> Sheet Metal >> Sketched Bend. The part bends following the sketched lines. Step 8 In this step, we are going to extend the edge with Edge Flange . Click on the right edge as it is shown below and extrude it by 30 mm. Step 9