Getting the right flat pattern is essential to manufacturing a quality part. "SolidWorks for the Sheet Metal Guy - Course 3: Unfolding” shows you how to set up and use the bend tables in SolidWorks as ...

This project is a complete design exercise for a common sheet metal component: an electrical switch box enclosure. The design was created entirely within the SolidWorks sheet metal environment, ...

Holes, patterns, and cutouts occur frequently in sheet metal parts and their creation is crucial to modeling these parts. "SolidWorks for the Sheet Metal Guy - Course 2: Hole Patterns and Notches” ...

Editor’s Note: CAD files associated with this column can be downloaded here. Sheet metal in the CAD modeling world implies that coining or bending a flat workpiece is part of the process to fabricate ...