Sheet Metal Forming Tools Solidworks

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.

Sheet metal forming tools solidworks.

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. When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. 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. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library. Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories.

In the propertymanager on the type tab. Select a face as the stopping face. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts. 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.

There are a number of useful tools here. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the.