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Managing formed feature information in SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal, the easy way!
By John Lee, CSWE on April 16, 2021
When manufacturing sheet metal parts from a SOLIDWORKS model and drawing, how can we ensure that raised features (also commonly referred to as formed features) will protrude from the correct side/face of the part? This…
SOLIDWORKS 2021 Sheet Metal Circular Edge Flange
By James Swackhammer on December 4, 2020
Colour me surprised when I read in the SOLIDWORKS 2021 What’s New Manual that we can now place Edge Flanges on circular or nonlinear edges. In the previous version this is what it looked like…
SOLIDWORKS 2021 – Performance Improvements in Sheet Metal
By John Lee, CSWE on October 29, 2020
If you work with SOLIDWORKS on sheet metal parts with many bends, then you will find that performance is faster in SOLIDWORKS 2021. The time to flatten complex sheet metal bodies containing many bends has…
Getting the Perfect SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Miter Flange
By James Swackhammer on October 17, 2020
Getting the perfect fitment with sheet metal could make you look like a king or queen among designers and friends with the welder/fitters. They shall dance and sing to the all Supreme of sheet metal…
How to salvage imported sheet metal data the easy way in SOLIDWORKS
By John Lee, CSWE on August 3, 2020
What if you receive an imported sheet metal model with weird abnormalities, like jagged edges or crazy surface shapes? Maybe it’s not even a solid, due to these issues. I’ve seen a few such models…
Parametric Flat Pattern of Bent Rod/Tube in SOLIDWORKS
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on July 15, 2020
SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal tools provide the ability to obtain the flat shape from a bent part. The flat length of each bend is based on defined parameters. This can be defined with K-factors, Bend Allowance…
SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Curvature Overlaps
By James Swackhammer on April 17, 2020
Sometimes when you create a sheet metal design you must adhere to standard sheet metal sizes and what your company or outsourced company can cut on laser/plasma/water jet machines. Most companies will have tables large…
How to Make and Flatten a Sheet Metal Cone in SOLIDWORKS
By James Swackhammer on November 15, 2019
Creating a Sheet metal cone in SOLIDWORKS can seem like a complex task, but I’m here to alleviate your worries and provide you with the correct workflow. I typically like to start my first sketch…
How to Label SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Etch Marks
By James Swackhammer on September 16, 2019
I previously showed you how to create etch marks using existing geometry from Hole Wizard holes. Having redundancies can prevent mistakes and help out manufacturing. This is sort of like the carpentry saying of “measure…
Using the SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Bounding Box to create Flat Pattern Data
By James Swackhammer on September 6, 2019
Several times in my career I’ve had rush jobs that need an estimate right away, or, the material might be a long lead request/special order coming from another city or in some cases a different…
Using existing geometry to create Etch Marks in SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Parts
By James Swackhammer on August 16, 2019
When designing sheet metal parts within SOLIDWORKS you may want to add in etch marks to be etched later by the laser or HD plasma machines. Adding etch marks helps communication for later options. My…
How to automatically create a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Flat Pattern Configuration
By James Swackhammer on August 12, 2019
If a job can be automated in SOLIDWORKS and reduces the amount of time it takes to create I say do it, especially if it works every time. The flat pattern can be created automatically…
Reduce Costly Manufacturing Errors with a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Service
By Vicky Guignard on July 9, 2019Common Sheet Metal Issues When I visit clients, I am surprised that SOLIDWORKS users are not aware of the sheet metal bend tables included with the software and quite often I find there is a…
SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Sketch Bend vs Edge Flange
By James Swackhammer on May 14, 2019
Today we are going to decide which is the better tool to use when adding flanges to a sheet metal part: Sketch Bend vs Edge Flange. Sketch Bend and Edge Flange are two very different…
SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal vs Body Convert Part Creation Method
By James Swackhammer on May 9, 2019
In this article I am going to make a very basic sheet metal box with two different creation techniques to determine which is more efficient, delivers more accurate results, and looks better. Before you jump…
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