Toby's SolidWorks SHEET METAL Tips and Tricks 2023 - LIVESTREAM 

aWww yeah thanks PETER!!

Awesome thanks Nick!

Wow thanks albert and glad this was helpful! (and glad that you like my style of teaching! )

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed this one!

Thanks!

Yeah exactly - you gotta really work with shop floor if you want to get the process dialed in. What we do in 3D CAD is great, but often times its the toolmakers who are the true wizards :-)

I learned everything I know about sheet metal from a guy on the shop floor. He gave me all the rules of thumb, how he likes to see the cad files, and we proceeded to creat some great stuff together for years! It’s great to know about the K factor, etc, but just as you say, I let the shop make these tweaks. I have a general note about bend radius not to exceed one material thickness (because I know that will be plenty, and say it’s up to them to adjust the bend radius, bend deduction, K factor, etc. Every shop seems to have slightly different preferences. They love it when I provide the native solidworks file. I have had 100% success with this method. We have to give the fabricators what they like, and they do the same for us :)

Wow thanks! So glad you like it!!

Thank you!

Thanks Frank!

Thanks Brian!! Appreciate the kind words!

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Nice - glad you enjoyed this stream!

May pleasure! Glad you enjoyed these!

Thanks Ricardo!!

Awwww yeah! Thanks Train Driver!! - ru-vid.comAP1njQ6uwJw?feature=share - an oldie but a goodie!

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Lol - thanks bro :-) Glad this was helpful!

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Glad you liked this one - lots of good Sheet metal Tricks!

Thanks very much Alfredo!

Awesome! Welcome to the community and glad these are helpful tips!

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Ohhhh - that's pretty cool! Love that workflow! And I miss using a comparator :-) For some reason it always reminded me of a piece of equipment from a sub-marine :-)

No - Maybe I'll do something later this year. I'm really grinding learning Onshape right now so I just have to see if I can get it into my schedule - otherwise I'll probably do one featuring Onshape sheet metal.

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Yes I will make assemblies tutorials in the new future (but they might be in onshape) ;-) I also teach a SW assemblies class - www.TooTallToby.com/training

Awww yeah - Glad I answered it!

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@@TooTallToby Cheers Mate, that will be really useful in Team's presentations.

I dont have a solution - I'd have to see it. If you join the TTT discord and post the question in there I'll take a look. The SolidWorks discord is good too and has a dedicated "help" section. Good luck man!

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Check your bend calculation tool. It's probably set to "bend deduction" or "bend allowance". Set it to k-factor with a value of 0.5, then try again. Lmk

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Thanks Simon! I LOOOVE convert to sheet metal - it's FIRE!!

There is no such thing as cheating in the world of design. We use the best methods and design flows to get the desired results we seek to achieve. There are various ways to use design software to create the product/mechanical designs we want. I sometimes use a hybrid design approach where I use solid modeling with surface modeling to get a design the way I want it. That doesn't mean I'm cheating. It's using a combination of modeling methods that the software allows the user to work with. Anyway, when 3D modeling software was created it didn't take long for hardcore users to develop modeling techniques that later were added by the software companies from examples created by powerusers of the software. I'm, glad that 3D modeling software became part of my design tools. I started with AutoCAD 11 in 1993. In 1996 ProEngineer came into the arena. I became proficient with that software package but it was UNIX based. So if you made errors in the modeling process the software would crash and it didn't save all your work so it was a little risky if you had made many changes to the 3D models. Anyway, in 1997 I was introduced to SolidWorks because after many company acquisitions of smaller companies ( Boston Scientific Corporation, my employer at the time, acquired over 8 smaller companies) those companies used SolidWorks. SO, I took all the classroom lessons form the resellers of SolidWorks and became highly proficient using it. But, there was a big difference. SolidWorks was WINDOWS - BASED!! This was a game changer. It performed on most PCs with enough system memory and fast CPUs. You didn't need special PCs to run it. Later video cards were the next great thing that allowed faster processing for the 3D models. Anyway, I have made a career using 3D modeling software as tools for my mechanical design work. Medical, Aviation, Consumer Products, Plastic Part Design, Sheetmetal Design, Machine Design. It's been a nice ride. I started at 31 years old. Now I'm 58. Time flies!!! Have a great day.

Awww yeah - glad you liked this one!

I dont think so - I think that's hard coded into the feature when it's created. Its based on the current user profile. Maybe you could try this: 1. INSERT 1 part into another part 2. Maintain all the features 3. Dissolve all the absorbed features That might leave you with features that are "created" by the current user (I'd have to try it) of course the time stamps will be off - they will reflect the current time, not the original created date...

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thanks for watch and glad you enjoyed it. Which timestamp had missing info? Maybe I can fill in the gaps :-)

Nice - Probably a good time to update the templates - you want something AFTER 2011. LMK if you need help

That's ok - I wish you the best on your journey! Thanks for trying and good luck!

Reference a specific timestamp or quote?

@@TooTallToby your k-factor 0.333 I don't know if I have used one like that. k-factor times plate thickness gives neutral line.

@@mrwagnermail6289 that's how I understand K-factor as well. Please cite the time signature where I said something which is contradictory, and I will take a look.

lol. Sounds like you are citing a fringe case and trying to say this invalidates the “general advice”. I respectfully disagree.

@@TooTallToby I thought you had experience. plate thickness equal to the radius is something a company that makes bending machines has come up with. if you want strong constructions don't bend like that.

​@@mrwagnermail6289 I think it would be best if you "pushed back from the keyboard" and examined what the overall point of this lecture was. My goal in delivering this lecture was to help users who are a little newer to the world of sheet metal understand the basic concepts, at a GENERAL level. You pointing out that, in your experience, you have found a more refined way of bending specific material types using specific bending processes, doesn't contradict my advice. I even said, repeatedly, that to get the best results you should work with the shop floor - as they will have the experience that YOU clearly have - and they will be able to provide the best advice as to how to set k-factor or bend calculation values. (or not to use it at all, and simply provide them with a formed model - so they can do the flat calculations). If you have a specific time stamp you want me to look at, because you believe it is factually incorrect, send me the time stamp and I will take a look. Otherwise - I think you and I more or less agree on sheet metal "how to" and "best practices" topics - so maybe there are better ways for both of us to spend our valuable holiday weekend hours. Happy TG 🦃🦃🦃

@@TooTallToby you misinform people. if you are in doubt about what neutral line is and how to get there you know where i am

@@mrwagnermail6289 thanks again for the feedback - please send me a specific time stamp and I will look into it

Thanks!

Awww yeah!!! Thanks very much NTAK!!