Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool

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Solidworks sheet metal forming tool.

There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories.

In this tutorial video i will show you how to make custom forming tool louvers in solidworks with the help of sketch feature tools. Select a face as the stopping face. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts.

Select one or more faces as the faces to remove. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. You can find these items in the forming tools folder. In the propertymanager on the type tab.

Please subscribe our c. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. In the following image you can see how a forming tool is dragged from the design library onto the sheet metal model to form the part. Before you apply forming tools to sheet metal parts in the design library you must right click the folder that contains the forming tools and select forming tools folder to designate its contents as forming tools.