Training Courses: Advanced Sheet Metal

This course covers sheet metal design and detailing. Learn how to create forming tools from scratch. Create a detailed 2D drawing showing flat and bent states. How to import and export sheet metal files. Also covered is modeling sheet metal within an assembly and multi body sheet metal files.

Class Duration: 1 Day

Recommended Pre-Requisites:

• Introduction to SolidWorks

Main Topics Covered:

• Creating Sheet Metal Models
• Setting Up Bend Allowance
• Using Corner Treatments
• Auto Relief Settings
• Edge & Miter Flanges
• Flattening, Unfolding and Folding
• Creating Detailed Flat Pattern Drawings
• Creating & Using Forming Tools
• Curved Edge Flanges
• Designing in the Flat
• Using Symmetry
• Parts with Existing Rounds
• Complex Lofted Bends
• Bend Deviation & Bend Regions
• In Context Sheet Metal Design
• Converting Solids
• Ripping Closed Corners
• Applying Weld Beads to Corners
• Unrolling Cylinders & Cones
• Creating Process Plans
• Multi – Body Sheet Metal Design

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