I personally use the k factor version but many may prefer bend allowance or go with a bend table.
Solidworks sheet metal settings.
Both can be found in a nearby folder.
Costingmanager for sheet metal parts.
In the propertymanager under bend parameters.
Install dir documents and settings all users application data solidworks solidworks version design library forming tools.
Override bend allowance parameters.
Properly formatting the list of gauges is important.
Custom operations for sheet metal parts.
Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.
Override auto relief parameters.
Suppresses warning messages for certain sheet metal part.
In the individual sheet metal body propertymanagers the corresponding override default parameters check boxes are selected.
Ignore self intersection check for some sheet metal features.
Set the input values for determining the cost of manufacturing a sheet metal part from the costing task pane.
Type the bend radius.
Use the costingmanager on the left side of the solidworks software window to see how the costing tool categorizes each operation required for manufacturing the part.
It is located in c program files solidworks corp solidworks lang english sheet metal gauge tables.
The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started.
Use sheet metal parameters from material.
To control verification on rebuild for large assembly settings click tools options system options assemblies and under large assembly settings select or clear disable verification on rebuild.
When you assign a custom material to a sheet metal part you can link the sheet metal parameters to the material.
The following options let you control the default behavior for newly created sheet metal bodies whether sheet metal definitions follow the sheet metal folder settings or not.
Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.
Select the fixed face on the model.
When all options are cleared all individual body sheet metal parameters are driven by the settings in the sheet metal folder.
Sheet metal parts display the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree.
When selected these options override the sheet metal folder parameters.
You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment.
It must be done from thinnest to largest and there can.
The name of the face is displayed in the fixed face or edge box.
