The new sheet metal tutorials will help to bridge the gap between solid modeling cad and sheet metal terminology. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading solidworks 2016 learn by doingpart 1. This allows you to dimension the bend line to other folded. Parts, assembly, drawings, and sheet metal kindle edition by books, tutorial.
Employers can be confident that an individual with this certification understands the set of solidworks tools that aid in the design of sheet metal components. As much as any company in the cad industry, solidworks was inspired by the vision of a single individual, jon hirschtick. For example, if the price of steel increases, you can change the cost in the. Sheet metal teaches you how to build sheet metal parts using solidworks mechanical design automation software. In this course, well go over all the requirements for the exam. To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetalflatten. These include cuts in swept flanges, edge flanges and using flattened mass cuts in swept flanges in previous versions, solidworks was not capable of mapping any cuts. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Unlike other features, flatpattern will remain at the bottom of the tree. Solidworks sheet metal tutorials grabcad questions. It has a couple of special properties that are not found with other features. Welcome to cudacountrys solidworks 2015 rocket sheet metal tutorials. Evaluation chapters of solidworks 2012 for designers textbook zipped pdf files.
The tutorials can be used with older versions of solidworks without any issues. In solidworks 2017, there is now a global setting that can control whether sheet metal bodies follow the parameters defined in the sheet metal folder in the featuretree you can find these new selects in toolsoptionsdocument propertiessheet metal. Course 1 guides you step by step through the basics of part creation into complex features of sheet metal design. Throughout these lessons, we will be creating a sheet metal part for an electrical enclosure confined and driven by a design envelope along with various tools including the edge and miter flanges, bolt holes, a vent, and various other. In preparation to teach this course i took the latest exams and made sure that all the course information was relevant, and focused on. The third album from the chicago band features upbeat americana altrock underscored by themes of uncertainty and upheaval. The new solidworks 2006 has added several new features to improve the sheet metal part creation. When you add a base flange feature to a solidworks part, the part is marked as a sheet metal part. Building standalone sheet metal parts, and converting conventional parts to sheet metal, including in assembly.
You will not be walked through the user interface, the location of features on the ribbon or specifics which you should know such as applying dimensions or relations. Learn how to use solidworks and its sheet metal tools from experts in the sheet metal industry. How to create simple sheet metal bend solidworks tutorials. The following tutorials with the pdf icon are available for viewing. You can modify costing templates any time there are changes in cost structures. The release of solidworks 2016 saw multiple improvements to sheet metal functions as well as new functionality being introduced. Bends are added wherever appropriate, and sheet metal specific features are.
Introduction to solidworks sheet metal for technology page 5 about base flange a base flange is the first feature in a new sheet metal part. Tutorial 1 solidworks user interface tutorial 2 introduction to solidworks tutorial 3 how to create simple box. The completion of the certified solidworks professional advanced sheet metal cswpasm exam shows that you have successfully demonstrated your ability to use solidworks sheet metal tools. You can add bend lines to the sheet metal part while the part is in its folded state with a sketched bend feature. He received both a bs and an ms degree in mechanical engineering from mit in 1983 and subsequently worked at the mit cad laboratory under dr. You can create compound bends in sheet metal parts using the swept flange tool. The base of the sheetmetal part has been generated. It still folded even when origin is in flat pattern. Solidworks educational edition getting started 11 1 basic functionality solidworks is supported under the microsoft windows graphical user interface. You can create new sheet metal templates for use with the costing tool. Solidworks files zipped files part, assembly, and drawing files used in tutorials and illustrations. Solidworks educational edition getting started assumes that you have used windows before and know basic windows skills, such as how to run programs, resize windows, and so on. From the beginning, sheet metal parts are designed with manufacturing in mind.
Have fun if you cannot find the sheetmetal tool in you main tool menu, you can right click. Lesson 1 introduction welcometoselfpacedtrainingforsolidedge. Solidworks sheet metal enclosure part design pluralsight. Quickly and costeffectively create a wide range of sheet metal part designs using a wide range of flexible tools to meet your specific needs. If you try this tutorial and you lack some basic knowledge your first resource should be the help menu.
Thiscourseisdesignedtoeducateyou intheuseofsolidedge. The typical sheet metal manufacturer is not familiar with terms such as faces and extrusions. The origin part has flat pattern while the mirrored creates the folded pattern. Other sheet metal features, when added, will appear overhead even though they are. The hem tool adds a hem to your sheet metal part at a selected edge. Start a new inch part, right click on any toolbar and check the sheet metal tool for the sheetmetal toolbar to be available. Click sheetmetalinsert bends, click flat face as reference when it flatten. Solidworks rocket sheet metal tutorials cudacountry. Testing techniques, pointers, and effective use of time.
Please advise does it mean i cannot create full sheet meta. Notice the new selections under new sheet metal bodies override default parameter. Lessons 1 and 2 of this tutorial cover the modeling of thinwalled parts. Hi, im gabriel corbett and welcome to the certified solidworks professional advanced sheet metal exam preparation course. Solidworks 2009 10 choose ok flatpattern feature this is added below the base flange feature.
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