A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature.
Curved sheet metal part solidworks.
Sketch out your profile.
In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in.
Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks.
Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends.
Russell everard 1 aug 2017 06 30 pm a step by step guide on how to create the shade holder part in the lamp model shown keeping cut outs in curved surfaces straight and true for a genuine flat pattern.
Click front plane and click on sketch.
How to model complex sheet metal parts in solidworks.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.
Attached is a 2018 sheet metal part stripped down i am trying to re create the 3d sketch on the top of the tree as a sheet metal part.