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Solidworks sheet metal notch in bend.
Change the display position of bend notes.
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There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
Here we will learn how to use sketched bend command in solidworks sheet metal and create a bend at any part of plan surface at any angle and dimension.
Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.
In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the bend for fixed face.
Use line sketch l shape dimension sketch with smart dimension as 1in x 1in.
Sheet metal bend line notes allow.
Click sketched bend on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal sketched bend.
However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.
In this tutorials you will learn how to utilize sheetmetal tool such insert bend and flaten.
This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out.
Click front plane and click on sketch.
Click a bend position of bend centerline material inside material outside or bend outside.
If you click flip view in the propertymanager or edit the flat pattern feature and change the fixed face to the opposite side the sheet metal bend line notes for up or down reverse to accommodate the change.
Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends.
Change the bend angle bend direction or bend radius and the notes update in the drawing.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.