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    Sheet Metal Basics: Swapnil Kulkarni Solidworks Corporation

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    The document provides an overview and agenda for sheet metal basics in SolidWorks. It discusses what sheet metal is in SolidWorks, why use it, and how to create a sheet metal component. It then outlines the steps to convert a solid to sheet metal, use various sheet metal features like base flanges, tabs, sketched bends, unfolding and folding, mirrors, and more. It also discusses creating flat patterns and using library features and forming tools. The document encourages users to provide feedback to SolidWorks through enhancement requests, surveys, beta testing, and customer visits to help guide SolidWorks' development.

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    The document provides an overview and agenda for sheet metal basics in SolidWorks. It discusses what sheet metal is in SolidWorks, why use it, and how to create a sheet metal component. It then outlines the steps to convert a solid to sheet metal, use various sheet metal features like base flanges, tabs, sketched bends, unfolding and folding, mirrors, and more. It also discusses creating flat patterns and using library features and forming tools. The document encourages users to provide feedback to SolidWorks through enhancement requests, surveys, beta testing, and customer visits to help guide SolidWorks' development.

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    The document provides an overview and agenda for sheet metal basics in SolidWorks. It discusses what sheet metal is in SolidWorks, why use it, and how to create a sheet metal component. It then outlines the steps to convert a solid to sheet metal, use various sheet metal features like base flanges, tabs, sketched bends, unfolding and folding, mirrors, and more. It also discusses creating flat patterns and using library features and forming tools. The document encourages users to provide feedback to SolidWorks through enhancement requests, surveys, beta testing, and customer visits to help guide SolidWorks' development.

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    Sheet Metal Basics: Swapnil Kulkarni Solidworks Corporation

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    Juan Rubén Cueva Salaverry
    The document provides an overview and agenda for sheet metal basics in SolidWorks. It discusses what sheet metal is in SolidWorks, why use it, and how to create a sheet metal component. It then outlines the steps to convert a solid to sheet metal, use various sheet metal features like base flanges, tabs, sketched bends, unfolding and folding, mirrors, and more. It also discusses creating flat patterns and using library features and forming tools. The document encourages users to provide feedback to SolidWorks through enhancement requests, surveys, beta testing, and customer visits to help guide SolidWorks' development.

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    Sheet Metal Basics

    Swapnil Kulkarni
    SolidWorks Corporation

    Agenda

    Convert Solid to Sheet Metal

    Base Flange/Tab

    Sketched Bend

    Unfold & Fold

    Using body Mirror.

    Miter Flange

    Jog

    Hem

    Edge Flange

    Closed Corner

    Break Corner

    Flat Pattern

    Sheet Metal questions


    What is a SolidWorks Sheet Metal?
    Why use one?
    How do I create one?

    What options do I have?

    How do I use them?


    How do I flatten them?

    What is a Sheet Metal Component?

    A Part that can:

    Which has only bends no formed shapes

    Should have universal thickness

    Why use Sheet Metal?

    Flexibility to create the component in Solid


    or Sheet Metal

    Convert to Solid

    Direct Sheet Metal

    Get a developed flat pattern

    As per material, thickness

    As per your tools set up

    Productive

    Can use library features & forming tool

    Drawings

    Cutting & Bending drawings

    Creating a Sheet Metal Component- Step 1


    Using Convert to sheet metal

    Using Base Flange/Tab

    Step 2
    Using unfold & fold

    Using sketched bend

    Step 3
    Using mirror (body)

    Using Miter flange

    Step 4
    Creating Jog

    Creating Hem

    Step 5
    Creating Edge flange

    Step 6
    Creating Closed corner

    Creating Break corner

    Library features & Forming tools

    Using Library parts

    Library features

    Forming tools

    Other examples

    Quick Review

    To create Sheet Metal Component

    Solid to Sheet Metal

    Using different features like

    Base ,Edge & Miter flange, Unfold & fold, Sketched bend,
    Hem, Jog

    Using Library features & forming tools

    Creating flat pattern

    Helping SolidWorks Help You


    Activate Performance Logger
    Enhancement Request
    Surveys

    Active
    License

    Customer Visit/Consulting
    Beta Program
    Alpha Testing
    Specification Reviews

    NDA

    Helping SolidWorks Help you


    Submit an Enhancement Request

    Your vote for what is important to you.

    Turn on the performance logger

    Tools, Options, System Options, General, check Enable


    performance email.

    Participate in the Beta program


    Respond to surveys

    Beta program surveys

    Surveys sent to Enhancement Request participants

    SolidWorks does not re-distribute your personal information

    Helping SolidWorks Help you


    Host a Product Definition customer visit

    Each product definition engineer visits 30 customers a year.

    Give me your card with Customer Visit written on the back. We are
    always looking for Sheet Metal users.

    Alpha Testing Requires NDA


    Specification Reviews Requires NDA
    Product Definition CAD consulting

    Free to the customer

    3-5 days

    Get help working with SW

    The experience heavily influences the development of SW

    Lets Do it Ourselves
    Swapnil Kulkarni
    skulkarni@solidworks.com

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