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Designing sheet metal parts with Computer Aided Design (CAD) in SolidWorks Step by Step.
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Working with Sheet Metal in SolidWorks
Norman F. SimmsCAD Mechanical / Electrical Designer
Go to View –Toolbars – to get the Sheet Metal Menu Select the Base-Flange/Tab and Select a Plane
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Place a Center line and Sketch the Profile Lines
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Exit Sketch (Enter the Depth, Thickness and Bend Radius)
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Using the Extruded Cut Feature to Create a Cutout
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Create a Miter Flange – Line and Arc Sketch
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The Miter Flange Propagate around Corner Automatically Creating Angled Cuts
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Using the Mirror Command to create the Mirrored GeometryNorman F. Simms
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Offsetting and Extending Edges (Creating a Flange)
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Editing The Flange Profile
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Mirroring the Flange about an Existing PlaneNorman F. Simms
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Adding a Tab to the Flange
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Bending Tab with the Sketched Bend Command
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Unfolding Flange
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Extruded a Cut
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Folding the Cut Flange
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Creating an Angled Flange
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Extending the Sheet to the Selected Edge
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Create the Flat-Pattern By Unsuppresing the Flat-Pattern in the Feature Manager Tree
or Unfold the Sheet Metal Menu using the Unfold
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SolidWorks Sheet Metal CAD technology is easy to use and a lot the hard tasks are done for you, whereas in other CAD programs the calculations would have to be done beforehand.
If you are someone who is trying to understand CAD , I hope this was a help.
If you are someone who need someone to help them create new design and documentation I hope you will use the number below and give me a call.
Thank You for Your Time.