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Assign a library for forming tools

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Assign a library for forming tools

- [Instructor] We're going to be creating and working with sheet forming tools for sheet metal. Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend, stretch, or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers, lances, flanges, and ribs. And SOLIDWORKS already comes with a bunch of forming tools, so make sure you check them out. You need to make sure that you designate whatever folder you want to store the forming tools as a forming tools folder. I know SOLIDWORKS should know that if you name a folder, forming tools, that the stuff in it are forming tools, but it's just not that smart. SOLIDWORKS is smart about a lot of stuff, but not about this. And this is something that a lot of users and students complain to me about, and it was confusing for me, too. The other thing is you want to look at is defining the stopping face and any faces you want to remove. Those are key things that you want to be able to define in your forming tool. When you're creating a forming…

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