Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool

The jog tool adds material to a sheet metal part by creating two bends from a sketched line.

Solidworks sheet metal forming tool.

Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. Using forming tools with sheet metal. Select a face as the stopping face.

We will learn base flange extruded cut unfold fold corner break solidworks design library forming tool bridge lances and appearance in solidworks shee. In the propertymanager on the type tab. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts. There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks.

Select one or more faces as the faces to remove. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories. 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.

There are a number of useful tools here. Using sheet metal bend parameters. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the.

This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. 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. Provide feedback on this topic.

You can find these items in the forming tools folder.