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Productivity Tools · Lesson 5: FeatureWorks: sheet metal and assemblies

Recognize an imported sheet metal part and flatten it, then process an imported assembly or multibody part.

Lesson goal

Recover imported sheet metal parts and assemblies as parametric models.

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2 videos

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1 exercise

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Prerequisite: Lesson 4

1. Watch the videos

Dassault Systèmes videos hosted on MySolidWorks: they open in a new tab and a free account is enough. Watch them in order.

FeatureWorks: Sheet MetalVideo 1▶FeatureWorks: Sheet MetalRecognize base flanges and sketched bends, then display the flat pattern.↗ FeatureWorks: Assemblies and Resize ToolVideo 2▶FeatureWorks: Assemblies and Resize ToolRecognize an imported assembly part by part, and the child features.↗

2. Key takeaways

1

FeatureWorks recognizes common sheet metal features, which makes the flat pattern available.

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The hybrid approach, automatic then interactive, gives the best results on sheet metal.

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An imported assembly can be recognized as several parts, processing only the selected features.

Tip

On an imported sheet metal part, check the measured thickness before recognition: it must be constant across the whole body.

3. Do the exercise

On a bent sheet metal part received as STEP:

  • recognize the base flange and the bends
  • display the flat pattern
  • change the bend radius and check the update
✓To check: The flat pattern displays and updates after the bend radius change.

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