Solidworks Unbend Sheet Metal

If you have a look at the pictures of the part you can see i have these 3 flanges.

Solidworks unbend sheet metal. In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten. In this tutorial video we will learn how to create a bracket with the help of sheet metal commands like base flange sketched bend and sheet metal gusset. This solidworks training video covers using the fold and unfold command in solidworks she. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide.

It should be noted that this article is part 1 of a two part series and is geared toward simple bent tubes or tubes that have bends only in one plane as pictured above. Unbend a square bar using the divide conquer technique in sheet metal. Go around the limitations in the solidworks sheet metal functionality by using the divide and. Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in.

In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the feature for fixed face. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. The fixed face can be a planar face or linear edge. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

I couldn t seem to build the part and then add the cut out on the top with out errors this feature can not be unbent. In a sheet metal part click unfold on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal unfold. So i had this tricky sheet metal part to model for a customer. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

The easiest way to achieve this for both native solidworks and imported parts is by using the insert bends sheet metal tool to flatten the major bends. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.