From the course: Cert Prep: SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal

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Convert to Sheet Metal

Convert to Sheet Metal - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Convert to Sheet Metal

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- [Instructor] The Solidworks Convert to Sheet Metal tool is very, very powerful. It allows us to take an existing shape and turn it into a sheet metal part. Now generally I recommend not using Convert to Sheet Metal. If you have the option, it's better to start with a sheet metal part from the beginning and create it from there. However, if you already have an existing part, or if you're on the exam, and they give you a part to download and then create a sheet metal part around we need to use that Convert to Sheet Metal tool. To do that, go ahead and open up the 2.15 sample part here and go over to Convert Sheet Metal. And at the very top of the part here, I can say I'd like to select a fixed face. In this case here, I like to choose the top surface. All right, and notice it does show a little piece of sheet metal now sticking on the top surface there. I can adjust the thickness as well. I can reverse the thickness to push it either inside the part or outside the part. And I do have…

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