Process Assembly for Sheet Metal Parts: Automatically creates DXF flat patterns from sheet metal parts in an assembly. Process Single Part: Export DXF flat pattern from the currently open sheet metal ...

Perhaps the biggest addition to 2011 release is the Convert to Sheet Metal tool. The feature is intended to be used with imported sheet metal parts (for instance, a sheet metal design originally made ...

Rapid Sheet Metal announced the release of SolidQuote, an add-in for SolidWorks that allows product development engineers to quote and order sheet metal parts and assemblies instantly within ...

To convert a STEP file, or any other imported 3-D geometry, to sheet metal, the first step is to run Import Diagnostics to clean up the import as shown in Figure 8a.

The Convert-to-Sheet Metal tool will attempt to honor the existing bend radius, just as Insert Bends does. To avoid this, we are going to delete the modeled bends before launching the Convert-to-Sheet ...

From the beginning, sheet metal parts are designed with manufacturing in mind. Course 1 guides you step by step through the basics of part creation into complex features of sheet metal design.

SolidWorks 2014’s bent lofted bend capability allows complete facet control in bend regions. In the following video tutorial, Hawk Ridge Systems application engineer, Bjorn Sorenson, demonstrates ...

While swept and mitre flanges are standard features in sheet metal parts but knowing when to use one vs the other in SolidWorks can be a bit tricky. In the following instructional video, Hawk Ridge ...