Sheet Metal
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials
Description: Sheet Metal and Weldments teaches you how to build sheet metal parts using SolidWorks mechanical design automation software. Building standalone sheet metal parts, and converting conventional parts to sheet metal, including in assembly context, are covered.
The topics covered in this course are:
Introduction
About This Course
Windows® 7
Use of Color
Lesson 1: Sheet Metal Flange Method
What are Sheet Metal Parts?
Sheet Metal Methods
Base Flange
Flat Pattern
Edge Flanges
Editing Sheet Metal Settings
Cuts in Sheet Metal
Break Corner
Sheet Metal Costing
Sheet Metal Parts in Drawings
Lesson 2: Sheet Metal Convert Method
Sheet Metal Conversion Topics
Converting to Sheet Metal
Imported Geometry to Sheet Metal
Using the Rip Feature
Adding Bends in Place of Sharp Corners
Sheet Metal Features
Making Changes
Adding a Welded Corner
Lesson 3: Multibody Sheet Metal Parts
Multibody Sheet Metal Parts
Methods to Create Multibody Sheet Metal Parts
Creating Multibodies by Sketching
Miter Flange
The Cut List Folder
Cuts using Multibodies
Patterning Sheet Metal Bodies
Sheet Metal Properties
Multibody Drawings
Using Mirror and Insert Part
Interfering Bodies
Exporting Sheet Metal Bodies
Using Split
Lesson 4: Sheet Metal Forming Tools
Sheet Metal Forming Tools
Modifying an Existing Forming Tool
Creating a Custom Forming Tool
Lesson 5: Additional Sheet Metal Features and Techniques
Additional Sheet Metal Features
Swept Flange
Using Symmetry
Additional Modeling Techniques
In-Context Methods
Process Plans
Appendix A: Sheet Metal Tables
Tables
Customizing Tables
