Sheet Metal Forming Tools Solidworks

Select one or more faces as the faces to remove.

Sheet metal forming tools solidworks.

When asked if you want all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders click yes. There are a number of useful tools here. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the. In the propertymanager on the type tab.

Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts. Ribs lances louvers and extruded flanges to name some of the categories. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. Click forming tool sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal forming tool.

There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks. 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. 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.

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