Sheet Metal Work using SolidWorks

Sheet Metal Work using SolidWorks
Creating a base flange
When you develop a sheet metal part, you generally design the part in the folded state. To create a sheet metal part, you sketch an open profile and use the base flange feature to create the thin feature and the bends.

Step 1 Select the part drawing component

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Step 2 Click on the base-Flange/Tab in sheet metal tool bar

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Step 3 Select the plane to draw the cross-section of the sheet metal part

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Step 4 Draw the cross section using lines then you can give thickness later

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Step 5 Then click on exit sketch icon

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Step 6 Give the length of the part

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Step 7 Give the K factor it is a material property

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Step 8 Click on the right corner tick mark

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1. Adding a miter flange

You can add flanges to your sheet metal part with corners that are automatically mitered. First you add a notch to limit the propagation of the miter flange. Then you add and dimension the sketch for the miter flange.

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2. Adding an edge flange and editing  its sketch profile

Create an edge flange using the edit sketch profile and offset options

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3. Adding a tab

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Bending a tab

Now you specify how to bend the tab.

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Adding a cut across the bend

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