Convert Boss Extrude To Sheet Metal

Showing the results of convert entities tool and extrude boss command.

Convert boss extrude to sheet metal.

The extruded boss base feature can be found on the features tab in the command manager interface as shown in figure 1. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Make it normal and choose the convert entities. You can also go to the toolbar and click insert boss base extrude to pull up the boss extrude feature menu as well.

In today s blog we will review and break down some of the great tools available in each section of the extrude command. Exit the sketch and see the diagram in 3d we now have circles on the reference plane. This video shows the difference between creating a sheet metal part from scratch and converting a solid part to sheet metal. Select both these circles.

Under sheet metal parameters. For more information about solid. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

Create a block with the extruded boss base tool. Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder. In faces to remove select the faces as shown. That means if you have closed contour sketch drawing then you can add materials to that contour and convert it into 3d model.

Showing the final results. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Every few releases this feature gets some terrific functionality added to it. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

No the edge of your sheet metal part doesn t count. It may have been difficult to see in the video but if you are dead set on using the convert to sheet metal command you need to have a planar flat face. Shell the block to 1mm so the part is of uniform thickness. Extrude these circles by selecting extrude boss tool.

To create a part of uniform thickness and convert it to sheet metal. This is why you will often find that people will create a very small flat section using a boss extrude to create a flat section at the end. Extrude boss base feature is mainly located in features command manager or insert menu.