Lofted Boss To Sheet Metal

Click features lofted boss base click bottom circle middle circle top circle.

Lofted boss to sheet metal.

The profile should be closed and you can use it for profiles different e g. To find out more about lofted bends you need to dig a little deeper into help and do a search for bent lofted bends unfortunately at this current time i am only able to find information about formed lofted bends in the solidworks training manual for sheet metal. Click the create lofted bend tool button on the sheet metal toolbar. The base flange feature is not used with the lofted bend feature.

Solidworks lofted boss base solidworks loft cut how to use loft in solidworks. How to create simple sheet metal bend. Lofted bends in sheet metal parts use two open profile sketches that are connected by a loft. Then you can see loft property manager.

Between circle and rectangle or similar e g. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Click the create lofted bend tool button on the sheet metal. Between two rectangles or circles in shape.

How to create hex bolt. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Loft boss or base is solidworks features tool like extrude boss revolved boss sweep boss etc which mainly helps to add materials between two or more profiles with ease. For that go to features command manager and select lofted boss base tool.

If you re new to solidworks i would recommend you get my solidworks tutorial beginner ebook. Next step is application of loft boss guide curve feature. In the profiles section you have to select sketch 1 sketch 2 and sketch 3 and preview are given below. Begin with two open profile sketches.

This tutorial shows how to loft in solidworks step by step. Under sheet metal parameters. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Launch the smloft command.

Hide plane 1 hide plane 2. Lofted bend is complete. Use lofted bends to create a solid feature. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Characteristics of lofted bends. Apply lofted boss base guide curves.