Thus in the layout everything will be indicated in inches.
Change globa sheet metal thickness solidworks.
When you change the value of a global.
In select table select a gauge table to use or click browse and browse to a gauge table.
Change and manage than linked values.
It is possible to use this kind of table in the sheet metal function of solidworks.
For example an 18 gauge is equivalent to a thickness of 0 0359in for a steel part.
Sketch a 6 00 inch square rectangle that is centered on the ucs origin.
On the other hand for the thickness property it is the numerical value which will be used.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
You have to right click sheet metal feature in the feature tree and select edit feature and change the thickness there to receive the effects you re looking for.
By default when creating a sheet metal body the thickness of the body is controlled by the part thickness.
Create a global variable in the equations dialog box or the modify dialog box for dimensions.
But it doesn t appear possible to change the sheet metal thickness of a part started with base flange after the fact.
Select a fixed face or edge.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
Start a new inch part right click on any toolbar and check the sheet metal tool for the sheetmetal toolbar to be available.
I started out with a box with 06 thickness but as the design has evolved the box is much bigger now and i want to change its thickness to 09 but the thickness value is disabled grayed out in the sheet metal feature now.
In line at top of screen click convert check sheet metal in the sheet metal features column click sheet metal defaults uncheck use thickness from rule type metal thickness in thickness box.
To use a global variable to link dimensions.
Solidworks for sheetmetal 1.
Sets a class you defined on the material screen.
Select use gauge table.
Sets a custom material you defined on the material screen that is associated with the class.
Under sheet metal parameters.
Set two or more dimensions equal to the global variable.
Displays the rows that match the class custom material and thickness selected.
Thickness gauge for english standard units only sets a thickness gauge for the class and custom material combination.
Setting up sheet metal.
Select override default parameters to change the bend radius or thickness from the original sheet metal feature.
Create a new sketch on the front plane.
Under sheet metal parameters select use material sheet metal parameters to use sheet metal parameters attached to the selected material.
