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Add a forming tool to the Design Library

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Add a forming tool to the Design Library

- [Instructor] Okay, so what if we wanted to create a forming tool from scratch? So, again, you can look through the types of forming tools that are available in SolidWorks and get some ideas from there, or you can just create your own forming tool right from the get-go. So, I'm going to start a new part. I'm going to make it metric, but ANSI standard, because I'm an American. I'm going to start in a Part file, because remember, we have to create our forming tools with part files. And I'm going to start with this top plane. And you may recall that regardless of the way it is, you add the sheet metal, and then you take it away. So, I'm just going to create a little center rectangle, and I'm going to say it's 100 millimeters by 50 millimeters, and I'm just going to extrude it two millimeters. Okay. And then I'm going to add what I want my part to be. So I'm going to start it on the top face like I did the others. And I'm just going to create like a rectangular extrude. Okay. And I'm…

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