Convert Curved To Sheet Metal Solidworks 2016

The way i have gone about this is simply modeling internal external faces using surfaces.

Convert curved to sheet metal solidworks 2016.

I have recently got into learning surfacing in solidworks 2012 and i have been working on some sheet metal components. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. Click convert to sheet metal sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal convert to sheet metal. To convert a boundary surface into a solid click insert surface boundary surface and in options and preview click create solid.

However when i go to convert sheet metal i have no luck. To convert a solid part to a sheet metal part. The software automatically selects the edges on which rips are applied. Create the solid part.

In previous releases you had to knit the surface manually before you could convert the surface into a solid. I have been using surfaces with the aim of later converting them to sheet metal. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. The convert to sheet metal command lets you specify the thickness bends and rips necessary to convert a solid part to a sheet metal part.

In the convert to sheet metal propertymanager you specify the fixed face and thickness of the sheet metal part the default bend radius and the edges or fillet faces on which to create bends.