Initially this can just be a very basic sketch and extrude drawn out on a flat plate.įigure 1: Customized forming tool depending upon requirements.
The first step is to create the desired geometry that you would like to punch into your model.However we can customize our own forming tool depending upon our requirements, the following example illustrates it. There are a number of useful tools here: ribs, lances, Louvers and extruded flanges, to name some of the categories. You can find these items in the Forming Tools folder. There are a set of Forming Tools for punching Sheet Metal models inside the Design Library in SOLIDWORKS.
