When most people think of sheet metal in SOLIDWORKS, they think of brackets, covers, and enclosures. These “traditional” sheet metal designs lend themselves well to a workflow based on sketching, making a base flange, and then pulling additional flanges from there.
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When looking at heavier sheet metal construction, such as chutes, hoppers, and similar designs where pieces are often welded together to create the final part, the “sketch-flange” workflow isn’t very efficient.
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There is a much better workflow to create these kinds of designs, and they involve modeling the volume as a solid body and then pulling sheet metal pieces from the body. We even have a specific sheet metal tool called “Convert to Sheet Metal” specifically for this purpose – check out the video below to see how it’s done!
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