I have been attempting to make a curved sheet metal circular part not working.
Solidworks sheet metal curved bend.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
Surface curved sheetmetal solidworks.
Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
Diameter 22 x 0 1345 10ga thick.
Part will be rolled curved on a 48 1875 cylinder.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature.
You now have your realistic sheet metal without any wonky cuts ready for assembly.
In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.
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In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the bend for fixed face.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
Using this tool is an all in one approach to transforming a solid body into sheet metal.
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The closest i can get is to make an accurate half then mirror the part create assembly but when flattened falls apart.
Click sketched bend on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal sketched bend.
Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends.
This approach will work for any solid body you have including imported bodies made in other systems.
Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks.
Set a value for bend angle and click reverse direction if necessary.
This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out.