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Designing 90° Sheet Metal HVAC Duct – Advanced Tip 2
By James Swackhammer on May 6, 2019
In part 4 of my making a Sheet Metal Duct guide, I showed how to get the best material yield. Today I’m going to show you how to add etch marks so that all parts…
Today we are going to decide which feature is the better choice in a particular design situation – in this example should I use a Base Flange (Edge Flange/Sketch Bend) method or a Thin Feature?…
Designing 90° Sheet Metal HVAC Duct – Advanced Tip 1
By James Swackhammer on April 24, 2019
Making a sheet metal duct can be time consuming but hopefully these few tips can reduce the time it takes. In my previous articles I took you through the process of making a 24 inch…
How to Automate Bend Allowance in SOLIDWORKS 2019
By Ben Crisostomo on April 16, 2019
In SOLIDWORKS 2019, setting up sheet metal parts has become a bit easier, making it possible to automate bend allowance selection by linking materials & sheet metal parameters. With the use of custom materials, you…
SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Bend Lines mapped to DXF Layers
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on March 26, 2019
When exporting a SOLIDWORKS sheet metal part to DXF/DWG, you have the option to save different entities to separate layers. The layers can also be set to different colours and linetypes. This is accomplished with…
How to flip the Bend Direction of a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Part
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on March 25, 2019
The stated Bend Direction in a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal drawing is based on the defined fixed face of the model. Editing the Flat Pattern feature, in the Flat-Pattern folder, will display the currently defined “Fixed…
Designing 90° Sheet Metal HVAC Duct in SOLIDWORKS – Part 4 of 4
By James Swackhammer on February 7, 2019
Welcome to part 4 of this adventure of making a large sheet metal HVAC duct. In Part 3 we saved the bodies, converting them into sheet metal parts and exported as DXF/DWG. In this final…
Designing 90° Sheet Metal HVAC Duct in SOLIDWORKS – Part 3 of 4
By James Swackhammer on February 6, 2019
Welcome to part 3 of this adventure of making a large sheet metal HVAC duct. We left off in part 2 splitting the single body duct into 7 bodies. Today I’m going to demonstrate how…
Designing 90° Sheet Metal HVAC Duct in SOLIDWORKS – Part 2 of 4
By James Swackhammer on January 29, 2019
Welcome to Designing 90° Sheet Metal HVAC Duct in SOLIDWORKS – Part 2. In the previous part we had created the basic model for the duct, the required sizes are set with a basic sketch,…
Designing a 90° Sheet Metal HVAC Duct in SOLIDWORKS – Part 1 of 4
By James Swackhammer on January 28, 2019
Designing and manufacturing a duct for a ventilation system is easy, right? With this series I’m going to start with simple, but most commonly asked for in a HVAC system design, the 90° bend: I’m…
SOLIDWORKS MBD now has support for Sheet Metal
By Vicky Guignard on December 4, 2018
SOLIDWORKS MBD is a fantastic tool that eliminates the need for standard 2D drawings on the shop floor by creating and communicating design information directly onto your model. SOLIDWORKS MBD was first introduced in 2015…
How to convert a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Thickness to a Gauge Value
By Shawn McEachern on October 17, 2018
A common practice in industry when working with SOLIDWORKS sheet metal is to show thickness as gauge value. For example, 20 gauge equals 0.0359 in. We will accomplish this using an equation, and IF statements…
How to change a SOLIDWORKS Bend Note angle to be Complementary or Inside
By Bryan Sprange, CSWE on May 30, 2018
What is a complementary angle? What am I referring to with changing the bend note angle to be complementary? Unfortunately, this won’t mean that your flat patterns will praise how great of a designer you…
SOLIDWORKS Indented BOM with Single Body Sheet Metal Part
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on March 13, 2018
When you create a SOLIDWORKS Indented BOM from an assembly that contains sheet metal or weldment parts it will add further indented rows with the cutlist information. You have the option to show the ‘Detailed…
Practical Values for approximating “Zero Radius” bends in SOLIDWORKS
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 5, 2018
I am as sure as the words posted here that every sheet metal designer has been asked to fudge some values to represent a “SOLIDWORKS Zero Radius” bend or a “SOLIDWORKS Sharp Corner” at some…
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