Solidworks Sheet Metal Forming Tool

Solidworks forming tools are found in the design library and are used to form sheet metal parts.

Solidworks sheet metal forming tool.

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. Select a face as the stopping face. This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. Please subscribe our c.

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

Right click the folder and click forming tools folder if forming tools folder is already selected omit this step. 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. Open a sheet metal part and browse to the forming tools folder in the design library.

This applies to forming tools that are part files sldprt not form tool sldftp files. In the propertymanager on the type tab. When you place the forming tool on the sheet metal part the faces that you selected for faces to remove are deleted from the. There are a set of forming tools for punching sheet metal models inside the design library in solidworks.