Solidworks Convert To Sheet Metal No Bends Found

The solid body can be an imported sheet metal part.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal no bends found.

Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Click no bends sheet metal toolbar again. If an edge already has a fillet applied the radius of the fillet is used as the bend radius for the new sheet metal part. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal.

It is possible to create a solid part then convert it to sheet metal to add the bends and sheet metal features. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. This typically occurs when you are converting a solid body part into a sheet metal part using the insert bend feature. Use the convert to sheet metal propertymanager to convert a solid or surface body to a sheet metal part.

In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Create the solid part. On this snippet from the march 2016 episode of straight from support solidworks applications engineer heather dawe explains the differences between the convert to sheet metal and insert.

When you click insert bends on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal bends two distinct stages are applied to the sheet metal part. Select use gauge table. No bends found solidworks sheet metal error why do i get this error. Search no bends in the solidworks knowledge base.

Provide feedback on this topic. Converting a shelled solid body to a sheet metal part. To restore all bends to the part. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. This is a common sheet metal error i used to see all the time.