From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
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Building a chassis - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
Building a chassis
In this movie, we're going to go through the basic steps required to build a sheet metal chassis with several parts all created in the same parts file. We will then save out the individual parts and look at the assembly. So what we have here is a server chassis. A one use server chassis which fits into a 19 inch rack. And it's the beginning of the parts. So we still have a lot of work to do on this, to add holes and mounting, connection points between the different panels. But the key point here is that we've used and created all these parts in just one part file. So I want to point out the different files here. I can open the cut list. I can look at the base which is just a panel on the bottom. I use a linear pattern to create the top. I use a Base Flange in the back. We create a part on the side of this. And then we mirror it over to the other side. And then finally we create the front panel. So what we're going to do, is we're going to go through the individual features required to…
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