Sheet Metal Design and Manufacturing Skills Event - Webinar

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This is a FREE training session on sheet metal design and manufacturing. Gain the essential industry knowledge to design manufacturable sheet metal components and assemblies that fit together perfectly the first time. Download the training manual and example files at www.mlc-cad.co...
Learn how to use SOLIDWORKS to create intelligent sheet metal parts, efficient and accurate documentation, and configure multiple design variations. All attendees will receive a training manual packed with helpful guides and full instructions to recreate the lesson on their own.
Attendees will see examples of how to:
• Use SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal features to design sheet metal parts and assemblies
• Build intelligent design intent with equations and variables
• Configure product families and variations from a single base design
• Understand K-Factor and bend stretch calculations for accurate flat patterns
• Create drawings and flat pattern exports that are ready for manufacturing
• Be more efficient in SOLIDWORKS with tips and tricks applicable to any model
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[@jamesbaskaran9326]

how can i get the pdf .i was not able to attend the webinar.

[@MLCCADSystems]

I just added links to the video and the video description too, here you go: www.mlc-cad.com/sheet-metal-skills/

[@user-do3ob8kd6z]

How did cutlist generate the bounding box property? Is that for the flat or for the 3D model? What year SolidWorks was that feature introduced. It could be useful for generating yields for BOMs.

[@MLCCADSystems]

The bounding box in the cut list refers to the flat pattern for sheet metal bodies. You can also run a bounding box command in SOLIDWORKS for any other part and it will create a feature in the tree and populate custom properties for that part. If you have a cut list, you can right click that folder and generate bounding boxes for all of the bodies in the part. These various functionalities were released around 5 years ago and have been in various stages of improvement along the way, if you are running an older version check the Reference Geometry drop-down or add a cut list to a part and right click to see if it is there.

[@andrewlirio3816]

how to set KFactor correctly. I struggle to match the flat pattern dimension and the formed part dimension.

[@MLCCADSystems]

K Factor can change depending on the dies and material used, so your best bet is to bend a sample part. Have your shop or vendor take a piece of scrap and carefully measure the length. Then bend it and measure again very carefully. Take those two measurements into SOLIDWORKS and create a sheet metal part with the same dimensions. Measure the flat and the bent dimensions, and if they don't match the sample part dimensions, adjust the k-factor until they do. You can also download the manual for this event and refer to page 19 for a deeper discussion. www.mlc-cad.com/sheet-metal-skills/