Solidworks Sheet Metal Box

Taking into consideration the bounding box s orientation the bounding box is the smallest box in which the body fits.

Solidworks sheet metal box.

The bounding box is represented by a 3d sketch and is based by default on the x y plane. You can create a bounding box for a multibody single body or sheet metal part. You can also create a bounding box for any cut list item in a cut list independent of the type of solid or sheet metal bodies in the cut list item. In this tutorial video i will design electrical enclosure in solidworks with the help of sketch and sheet metal tools i hope you like it.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. You can also create a bounding box for any cut list item in a cut list independent of the type of solid or sheet metal bodies in the item. Drawing a sheet metal box in solidworks 2010. 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.

The bounding box is represented by a sketch when you flatten the sheet metal part and is located in the featuremanager design tree under flat pattern.