Fill Patterns In Sheet Metal Solid

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.

Fill patterns in sheet metal solid.

The fill pattern feature can even create its own hole features. Accelerate your capabilities with solidworks standard patterning and validate count feature. For these and many other cases the solidworks fill pattern is an effective way to quickly fill planar areas. You can create a sheet metal perforation style pattern or a pattern of concentric shapes typically used to enhance aesthetics.

In this video i explain how fill patterns can be used to quickly create complex types of patterns. Fill pattern which is often overlooked in favor of traditional linear and circular patterns allows you to select co planar faces or a bounding 2d sketch and fills that area with a pattern. Recent enhancements made to standard patterning make it easy to. The fill pattern feature is an excellent yet little known patterning tool in solidworks.

To create a fill pattern click fill pattern features toolbar or insert pattern mirror fill pattern set the propertymanager options and click. This is typically done to add perforations to sheet metal parts. The fill pattern feature lets you use a predefined shape to fill a space. Solidworks will automatically pattern a feature and space it fit within a.

However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.