One of the great experts of SolidWorks Sheet Metal, Wayne Tiffany, passed away this past Saturday of cancer at age 57. Someone said he had over 8,000 posts on this (and other?) forums. He has greatly contributed to the success of SolidWorks, and was one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. See more under "General."
Thought some would like to see a great visual demonstration of how K factors work. Check this link out for more information: http://www.solidworker.com/30/k-factors-and-fun-with-sketch-equations/ SolidworksSheet Metal
Hi All, Can any one suggest me K factor for stainless steel and aluminium for defferent thickness. I use 0.285 for SS and 0.33 for AL Facing problem in achieving exact bending dimension. SolidworksSheet Metal
How do I limit a sketch bend to one tab, I don't want it to carrying up into the area marked with the red arrow. SolidworksSheet Metal
Im trying to model a belt guard and cannot seem to create either a miter or edge flange off a particular edge i need. I can do any edge but the one i need and the one time i did get an edge flange to work it gave me errors when trying to flatten the part. Attached are some basic pictures of what im trying to do. Ive spent a good 8 hours on a part that should take 20 minutes.
Hi everyone I have qurie in SolidWorks-SheetMetal.Example; when you create a sheetmetal part in solidworks having some baseflange, Edgeflange etc..In drawings when have all kinds of Tables like, BOM,General Table WeldCutlist, weld table etc.. Same like that whether we can insert sheetmetal bendtable, when insert flatternpattern is there any way please suggest me. SolidworksSheet Metal
Hello All, I want to say Thanks to all that promtly contributed to my needs. I've attached the result of that effort for anyone that wants to see it. Regards Serge JG SolidworksSheet Metal
Any one know how i can convert this part to sheet metal and unfold it? SolidworksSheet Metal
I'm curious what others do on their design along with their drawings on PEM studs...nuts etc? I do not call the holes out on these items. I let the shop who is punching the parts decide on the correct size according to the PEM they are installing. Tim SolidworksSheet Metal
Has anyone used or had any luck with the sheet metal features for bending polycarbonate or plastic in general? The plastics stretch more than sheet metal, so I assume that the bend allowance and/or K-factor would need to be adjusted. Thank you SolidworksSheet Metal
I don't know if anyone else suffers with this problem. When I try to detail a mirrored sheetmetal part I can never get the bend lines and notes to appear as they should but I have a workaround. After the mirrored part is converted to a sheetmetal part, delete the DefaultSM-Sheetmetal config created and then recreate the config manually and all bend lines and notes are there. SolidworksSheet Metal
When saving a dxf/flat pattern from within the sheetmetalmodel envoironment I have noticed that the orientation of the blankis not how it is created. Although this does not cause anydifficulties I am just a little curious as to how solidworks ismanaging the dxf export?SolidworksSheet Metal
I am modeling a square steel tube with a "V" notch laseredthrough the wall on both sides so the tube can be hand formed priorto welding. How do I unfold this to get the proper developedlength?SolidworksSheet Metal
since both *.sldftp and *.sldprt files can be used as formingtools, which one is better?SolidworksSheet Metal
As anyone seen this happern before? I was just simply workingaway minding my own business and to save a little time creatingdrawings I decided to open an existing drawing but choose adifferent part for a reference (both parts are sheet metal andpretty much the same except for an additional flange) but as soonas I did solidworks deleted the flat pattern config all byitself!SolidworksSheet Metal
i am running sw2009, sp3.0, and am trying to get the detailedcut list to work in a BOM. i done this in another part, and noproblem. however, i cannot now get the 'include detailed cut list'option to show, even though this is a weldment assembly is there something i need to set or a partiucular template orsomething?SolidworksSheet Metal
is there any way to remove duplicate bend notes on a mitredflange?SolidworksSheet Metal
I a somewhat complex sheetmetal part that i created withsurfacing and need to flatten it. I have attempted to use thesheetmetal features but I havn't had any success. I need togenerate a flat-pattern of the geometry. Any tips or advice wouldbe great.
when i use covert solid into sheetmetal, i find the settinggap is different from the measure size. although the difference isonly little, but i think it is also a bug, maybe i am wrong. isthere someone finding this problem. another question is how tocontrol the "the trim side bend" on using convert solid intosheetmetal. thank you.SolidworksSheet Metal
cannot select a planer surface since it is curved. if unfold it then add tab, the part cannot be fold back????
Does anyone have experience of bending textured stainlesssheet as supplied by companies like Rimex. Standard guage tables sometimes do not apply when using thesematerials. I think this may be because, for example, a texturedplate of 16 guage will read 2mm against the usual 1.6mm(nominal). Any advice would be appreciated.SolidworksSheet Metal
I used the k-factor bend table sample to build a table forvarious thicknesses of material. After I made the first few changesI tested the table and it worked perfectly. Then I proceeded tomake the rest of my changes. Now I get the error message that thetable is invalid.
Is there any way to bow formed a sheetmetal part?SolidworksSheet Metal
Any one have suggestions on segmented elbows for sheetmetal.This is one area I hate having to do all the math on. Will takesuggestions.....SolidworksSheet Metal
