Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool

Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.

Solidworks sheet metal forming tool.

Please subscribe our c. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. 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.

Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories. There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool. Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts.

You can find these items in the forming tools folder. 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. Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. In the propertymanager on the type tab.

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. There are a number of useful tools here. In this tutorial video i will show you how to make custom forming tool louvers in solidworks with the help of sketch feature tools. Select one or more faces as the faces to remove.