Sheet Metal Forming Tools Solidworks

Select a face as the stopping face.

Sheet metal forming tools solidworks.

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. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.

This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. There are a number of useful tools here. You can find these items in the forming tools folder. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the.

In the following image you can see how a forming tool is dragged from the design library onto the sheet metal model to form the part. Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories. In the propertymanager on the type tab. There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks.

Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. Select one or more faces as the faces to remove.