Forming Sheet Metal Solidworks

Blankworks provides solidworks users with a fully integrated tool for developing optimal blank shapes for complex formed sheet metal designs.

Forming sheet metal solidworks. Learn more about us. Founded in 1989 forming technologies fti is the world s leading provider of software solutions for the design feasibility and costing of sheet metal components. Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend stretch or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers lances flanges and ribs. This can be launched from the sheet metal toolbar.

Forming tools are used to create sheet metal features that would be produced using a punch or stamp. Install dir programdata solidworks solidworks version design library forming tools. Before creating a custom forming tool determining how it is going to be saved and stored is important because there are two different file types that could be used. 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.

The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. Two property boxes are contained within this command one for a stopping face in green and one for faces to be removed in red pink. The forming tool command can now be used to set up the model. Saving the files in the design.

Refer to the indentations as seen in the image below. The solidworks software includes some sample forming tool parts to get you started. The file is now complete when saving the file there are two options. They are stored in.