Solidworks Sheet Metal Driveworks

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Solidworks sheet metal driveworks.

Select the sheet metal feature from the feature manager. Solidworks 3d allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process saving you time and development costs thanks to specific sheet metal features. Sheet metal features this document describes the types of rules that can be applied to models that have advanced feature parameters captured. Driving advanced feature dimensions increases model generation time.

Driveworks is used worldwide by engineers sales teams distributors and customers to design and configure to order. Understanding how solidworks works with sheet metal parts can help us determine what is going on. This course expands on the drawing topics that are introduced in essentials you will learn how to take advantage of more advanced drawing tools while creating drawings of solidworks parts and assemblies. Driveworks ltd develop design automation and cpq configurator software.

Rob will discuss the time saving benefits associated with particular practices and how you can benefit from these. Where possible capture feature dimensions distances numbers and angles as dimensions rather than an advanced feature parameter. When you create a sheet metal part you have 1 configuration. Manufacturing data is automatically generated by autopilot.

Driveworks is scalable and ideal for companies that create same but different designs for custom orders. For a comprehensive engineering design automation and cad customization solution it is required to purchase solo or pro version of the driveworks. In the driveworks dimensions and features tab enter a name for the sheet metal feature and click add to capture the feature. To help you use these features to their full potential rob will cover.

Click the show advanced feature parameters link. View your changes in 3d as you configure a sheet metal steel door. Sheet metal and weldments are some of the most commonly used features in solidworks. Free entry level design automation included in every seat of solidworks.

While inventor utilizes an in built ilogic feature solidworks uses a 3rd party solution called driveworksxpress which is free but has limited functionality. Once you make a drawing of a sheet metal part solidworks creates a derived configuration of this named defaultsm flat pattern to be used in drawings.