Change Global Sheet Metal Thickness Solidworks

But it doesn t appear possible to change the sheet metal thickness of a part started with base flange after the fact.

Change global sheet metal thickness solidworks.

Solidworks 2016 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead click help use. Notice the mirrored part thickness and global thickness variable does not. When you change the value of a global. Global variables are bi directional meaning that if two or more dimensions are defined in terms of a global variable then changing any one of the dimensions will cause the others to change.

At this point you add another body to the mirrored part. A common practice in industry when working with solidworks sheet metal is to show thickness as gauge value. Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab. You can edit the global variable by double clicking the dimensions and using the modify dialog box or by editing the values in the equations dialog box.

Set two or more dimensions equal to the global variable. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Changing global variables with the modify dialog box. Edge flange see figure 3 can be used to add an attached wall to any sheet metal body.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. To use a global variable to link dimensions. In the featuremanager. Now you change the parent seed sheet metal part thickness.

To change dimensions linked to global variables using the modify dialog box. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. I started out with a box with 06 thickness but as the design has evolved the box is much bigger now and i want to change its thickness to 09 but the thickness value is disabled grayed out in the sheet metal feature now.

For example 20 gauge equals 0 0359 in. Create a global variable in the equations dialog box or the modify dialog box for dimensions. Change and manage than linked values. Notice the override default parameter is unchecked.

In this tech tip learn how to convert the thickness value into a solidworks sheet metal gauge value.