Convert Cone To Sheet Metal Solidworks

When applying the insert bends feature located on the sheet metal toolbar or from the insert dropdown menu under sheet metal solidworks tells us a non linear edge at the seam of this cone is invalid.

Convert cone to sheet metal solidworks.

Once you have a solid body in the shape that you want there are a couple of ways to convert it into sheet metal. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Pick the a face that will be fixed plane of the flattened sheet. Create the sheet metal part as a solid body in solidworks. As a test try to insert an axis on the conical face. The method you choose will depend on the state of the solid body and.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Convert to sheet metal. Here we have a solid body that i would like to convert into a sheet metal box then get the flat pattern to make it. If you don t have the sheet metal tab open right click in the area where the 1 arrow points then click sheet metal.

However sheet metal parts created with the lofted bends feature avoid this limitation and unfold appropriately. This will make some of the more complex geometries easier to create and control. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. In the tutorial video we re presented with a cone designed with the revolve shell and cut extrude features.

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Under sheet metal parameters.