![]() The bend radius of a sheet metal design will be based on the wall thickness of the part and the tooling that is available in house.įigure 2. ![]() The second important number when creating sheet metal designs is the bend radius value. These differences can be hard to keep track of, and mistakes can occur when looking up the value and manually typing this value into SOLIDWORKS. This wall thickness will be different, depending on the material being used. Īs we can see in Figure 1, the gauge value number will be translated to a specific wall thickness. An example of a reference table for looking up sheet metal thickness based on gauge size and material. But what do these gauge values translate to, in terms of sheet metal wall thickness? In order to answer this question, we often need to look up the values in a table.įigure 1. We often see the specification for sheet metal wall thickness represented as a gauge value. The bend allowance/bend deduction of the sheet metal (specified in K-factor)īy configuring and utilizing a sheet metal gauge table, we can speed up the process of selecting the correct wall thickness (based on gauge value) and selecting the correct bend radius (based on available tooling).We can also automate the process of selecting the appropriate K-factor.When working in SOLIDWORKS to create sheet metal designs, we will often need to know three important values:
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