Solidworks Sheet Metal Large Radius

K factor is a ratio that represents the location of the neutral sheet with respect to the thickness of the sheet metal part.

Solidworks sheet metal large radius. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Sheet metal gauge tables store properties for a designated material. Lofted sheet metal the bend radius is too big for this body question asked by yousif devlin on jul 24 2015 latest reply on nov 7 2019 by naqibullah mohammadullah. Under sheet metal parameters.

To edit the default bend radius bend allowance or bend deduction or default relief type. Add another sheet metal feature to the part. Where 0 the length of the part along the inside radius and 1 the length of the part along the outside radius. If a sheet metal manufacturer does not own a press brake tooling to achieve a large bend radius.

When selecting to execute this feature you would get the following options in the dialog box to enter values to create the bump bend lines. You can access the sheet metal gauge table from the propertymanager while creating the base flange. Hopefully this can help you troubleshoot some common sheet metal issues going forward. A sheet metal1 feature in the featuremanager design tree indicates a sheet metal part.

In the base flange propertymanager under sheet metal gauges select use gauge table and then select a table. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Sheet metal gauge tables.

Select another value for the bend radius. In the new feature s propertymanager clear use default radius and select use gauge table. A single table lets you associate a bend allowance bend radius or k factor with any combination of thickness bend radius and material. The sheet metal1 feature contains the default bend parameters.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.