Solidworks Virtual Sharp Sheet Metal

The bottom of the shaded preview of the flange is offset by the bend radius.

Solidworks virtual sharp sheet metal.

Creating virtual sharps. You have to insert the point at the virtual sharp and then you can dim to it. Bend from virtual sharp. Oh and i am doing a sheet metal drawing.

A common task for us is dimensioning to a point that exists where two edges lines arcs and or curves would intersect if those entities were extended. Thats what i needed. We will learn sheet metal basic features like base flange edge flange sketched bend and extruded cut in solidworks sheet metal. A virtual sharp creates a sketch point at the virtual intersection point of two sketch entities.

Solidworks quick tip virtual sharps in your dimensioning workflow. Every little improvement helps when it comes to timely sketching. I m presuming you are in a drawing and maybe in a sheet metal part. This is called a virtual sharp in solidworks and is a useful reference in drawings and sketches.

A virtual sharp creates a sketch point at the virtual intersection point of two sketch entities. The top of the shaded preview of the flange coincides with the top of the fixed sheet metal entity. The third would be selecting the point icon in the sketch menu. The two selections you would need to make are the two lines that would create the vertical sharp if extending out to the virtual sharp no particular order while holding down the ctrl key.

I have been doing this since before 2014. This will put a point at the virtual sharp. This is shown in visual 3 below. A common task for us is dimensioning to a point that exists where two edges lines arcs and or curves would intersect if those entities were extended.

1 solidworks tutorial for be. Feel free to share with other solidworks users. Dimensions and relations to the virtual intersection point are retained even if the actual intersection no longer exists such as when a corner is removed by a fillet or chamfer. Dimensions and relations to the virtual intersection point.

2017 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead click help use solidworks web help. We hope you found these tips helpful. Dimensions and relations to the virtual intersection point are retained even if the actual intersection no longer exists such as when a corner is removed by a fillet or chamfer. Pick the two edges and then hit your point command on the toolbar.