Breakout Session: Sheet Metal Tips and Tricks

Watch this Sheet Metal Tips and Tricks breakout session from 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020 by Toby Schnaars. This session is great for newbies, SOLIDWORKS beginners, those who are looking to learn more about sheet metal. However, if you are an expert, you might learn a few tricks too! You will learn different ways to create sheet metal parts, how to create flat patterns in sheet metal, followed by Q&A and SOLIDWORKS 2021 Technology Preview! #SWLive #3DXW20
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[@salarlotfee8925]

Love this software, presentations and admire it's approach improving engineering

[@solidworks]

Hi Solar, We're pleased to hear that! 😍

[@franko1983r]

Hi. Great lesson / good session :) ...but where do I find the rest of the session ?? - topic : "multi - body 2d documentation "

[@orcun87]

How do you think to fold the last bend of hopper with bending machine ?

[@VIJAYKUMAR-ix1ro]

thanks for session

[@kathiravans7115]

Very useful...❤️

[@hyper_active_snail]

This guy just constantly keeps impressing me through out the presentation! Very good speaking and speaker-listeners relation skills and needless to say, I would proudly aspire to be THAT good in SOLIDWORKS one day !! just WOW!! MAGNIFY!!! =D

[@solidworks]

We are so happy you enjoyed it!

[@hyper_active_snail]

@@solidworks Do you have a webinar/ detailed tutorial on setting up part/assembly templates, drawing sheet format and templates? seems like every video on UA-cam is skewed one way or another... any info would be appreciated, thanks

[@solidworks]

Hi there Dennis, let us know if this video tutorial is helpful: ua-cam.com/video/zZ42xujb6g4/v-deo.html
Otherwise If you're looking for SOLIDWORKS learning resources, one of the best places to go is MySolidWorks - There are lessons here, some are free while others only open up if you are on subscription, and you can search through all of our content.
Check them out here: my.solidworks.com/mylearning

[@hyper_active_snail]

@@solidworks I am working on a multibody sheet metal design using "Convert to Sheet Metal" feature. I keep the body though out the process until I get to the last body where TI untick the " Keep Body" command but the solid body is still showing over the model. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance!

[@solidworks]

Hi Dennis! This sounds like a great question for the SOLIDWORKS user community, where employees and users can help answer your specific questions:
SWUGN, or the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network, can be accessed here: swugn.org/
With your existing SOLIDWORKS or 3DEXPERIENCE ID, you can access SOLIDWORKS Forums for more information on a variety of topics and questions from our user community.
Check it out here: solidworks.com/UserForum

[@ML.ArtificialIntelligence]

at 38:07 when i am trying to select the face for bending process its not selecting it

[@johnkoe5925]

why i can not open part in assy. model (.stp) without having make drawing first? in old version i can just select the part i want to open and work on it. in 2020 i have to go to drawing first and select the part i want to open. it's there a easy to open part from assy.(stp) file?

[@solidworks]

Hi John! Please reach out to our community to post your question for one of our experts: my.solidworks.com/forums. It’s free and easy to join and access.

[@tinfever]

Presentation starts about 5 minutes in. A little jarring/confusing before that since I didn't know what I was seeing. Excellent presentation once it started though.

[@MTN_008]

Thanks
If someone send me a step file with a radius, can I produce a metal sheet with my radius?
How do I do that?

[@maxchen6871]

you should first measure the sheet metal thickness, then use convert to sheet metal, select all the bends and you are good. Make sure the direction is right so the preview (yellow) overlaps with the original part.
You can change the thickness but you CANNOT change the bend radius since that affects the overall geometry.

[@MTN_008]

@@maxchen6871
Thank you for the answer 🤗

[@allanpennington]

At 54:18 i'm intrigued. Is there special tooling on a press brake to bend a flange on a bend? Would like to see a vid on the manufacturing process. OK searched UA-cam and found this which is how I think this could be done, called Tipping a Flange. Likely there are experts in fabrication who could add their expertise. ua-cam.com/video/6o4kNlDvY_o/v-deo.html