Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
Change globa sheet metal thickness solidworks.
When you change the value of a global.
By default when creating a sheet metal body the thickness of the body is controlled by the part thickness.
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.
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.
Start a new inch part right click on any toolbar and check the sheet metal tool for the sheetmetal toolbar to be available.
Thickness gauge for english standard units only sets a thickness gauge for the class and custom material combination.
In select table select a gauge table to use or click browse and browse to a gauge table.
In the propertymanager under sheet metal gauges set options if you want to use a gauge table.
Thus in the layout everything will be indicated in inches.
Under sheet metal parameters select use material sheet metal parameters to use sheet metal parameters attached to the selected material.
Orient your sketch to an isometric view.
If you want a body to have a different thickness from the part thickness you edit the sheet metal body feature check the override default parameters and enter the desired thickness fig.
Setting up sheet metal.
Select override default parameters to change the bend radius or thickness from the original sheet metal feature.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
On the other hand for the thickness property it is the numerical value which will be used.
To use a global variable to link dimensions.
Create a new sketch on the front plane.
Sets a custom material you defined on the material screen that is associated with the class.
Change and manage than linked values.
Sketch a 6 00 inch square rectangle that is centered on the ucs origin.
Sets a class you defined on the material screen.
It is possible to use this kind of table in the sheet metal function of solidworks.
Set two or more dimensions equal to the global variable.
Under sheet metal parameters.
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.
Solidworks for sheetmetal 1.
Create a global variable in the equations dialog box or the modify dialog box for dimensions.
Select use gauge table.
Select a fixed face or edge.
