Change Global Sheet Metal Thickness Solidworks

Notice the mirrored part thickness and global thickness variable does not.

Change global sheet metal thickness solidworks.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Under sheet metal parameters. When you change the value of a global. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.

At this point you add another body to the mirrored part. Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab. For example 20 gauge equals 0 0359 in. Notice the override default parameter is unchecked.

To change dimensions linked to global variables using the modify dialog box. 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. Now you change the parent seed sheet metal part thickness.

Set two or more dimensions equal to the global variable. Solidworks 2016 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead click help use. Create a global variable in the equations dialog box or the modify dialog box for dimensions. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

A common practice in industry when working with solidworks sheet metal is to show thickness as gauge value. This same tool can be used to make a flat piece of sheet metal that one would use to add edge flanges and other useful sheet metal features. In this tech tip learn how to convert the thickness value into a solidworks sheet metal gauge value. 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.

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. 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. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Change and manage than linked values.

To use a global variable to link dimensions.