Loft To Sheet Metal

Begin with two open profile sketches.

Loft to sheet metal.

Sheet metal loft with press bends. Use of guide curves is not supported. The gaps in the profiles should be aligned for flat pattern accuracy. Convert standard or imported geometry to sheet metal parts.

Create a sheet metal part by drawing bend lines on a flat sheet. Product specifications quotes and just in time turnaround are available. General procedure to create a sheet metal part with a lofted bend. Only open contours may be used as sketch profiles.

No more than two sketch profiles are allowed. Sketch bend sheet metal. Click the create lofted bend tool button on the sheet metal ribbon bar. Lofted bend is complete.

Lofted flange creates a shape between two profile sketches. It can also represent the material midplane. This tutorial will teach you how to use lofted bend in soli. The sketch geometry for a lofted flange can represent the inside or outside face of the sheet metal material.

Launch the smloft command. Our prototype and short run production includes stamping shearing forming welding and plasma cutting. Choose create sheet metal loft in the sheet metal menu. Convert to sheet metal part.

Do one of the following. The base flange feature is not used with the lofted bend feature. There are some characteristics of lofted bends that are unique from a standard loft or sheet metal part and they are. Use lofted bends to create a solid feature.

Eugenio s sheet metal is a custom manufacturer of tooling. Click the create lofted bend tool button on the sheet metal toolbar.