Fill Patterns In Sheet Metal Solid

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Fill patterns in sheet metal solid.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Recent enhancements made to standard patterning make it easy to. Parameters control the pattern layout. Jody has defined and helped bring forth several projects during his tenure including variable pattern selective and zonal section views thread and advanced hole as well as several large scale quality and performance related efforts.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Follow simple steps to learn. This tutorial shows step by step how to use linear ci. The fill pattern feature is an excellent yet little known patterning tool in solidworks.

The command fills the defined region with a pattern of features or a predefined cut shape. Solidworks will automatically pattern a feature and space it fit within a bounding area usually a face. If you use a sketch for the boundary you may need to select the pattern direction. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

The fill pattern feature lets you select an area defined by co planar faces or a sketch that lies on co planar faces. This is typically done to add perforations to sheet metal parts. The fill pattern feature can even create its own hole features. To create a fill pattern click fill pattern features toolbar or insert pattern mirror fill pattern set the propertymanager options and click.

This usually adds tens or hundreds of instances of a feature so as you can imagine the instance count is important because no one wants to sit there and count each perforation. Parameters control the pattern layout. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop.

You can create a sheet metal perforation style pattern or a pattern of concentric shapes typically used to enhance aesthetics. Accelerate your capabilities with solidworks standard patterning and validate count feature. The fill pattern feature lets you use a predefined shape to fill a space. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.