Sheet Metal Design using SolidWorks

Sheet Metal is a metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. It is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking and it can be cut and bent into a variety of shapes.

K- Factor is the ratio of location of the natural line to the material thickness. The K- Factor is used to calculate flat patterns because it is directly related to how much material is stretched during the bend.

The three procedures commonly used in developing sheet metal patterns are parallel line, radial line, and triangular development

In manufacturing industry, nesting refers to the process of laying out cutting patterns to minimize the raw material waste. SolidWorks Sheet Metal Costing helps to estimate material usage and costs of nested sheet metal parts, you can:

• Choose the sheet size
• Estimate the number of parts that can fit on a sheet
• Determine the number of sheets necessary

Benefits of Using SolidWorks:

• Convert SOLIDWORKS or imported CAD models, create original parts, or design around a group of parts
• Use Bend Tables for bend allowance/bend deduction
• Automatically flatten parts to generate flat patterns for manufacturing with bend compensation
• Automatically estimate sheet metal part manufacturing cost as you design

Parryware Roca Bathroom Products Pvt. Ltd. Reducing Design Time and Errors using SolidWorks Solutions

Parryware Roca’s global standing was further established when Ceramic World magazine ranked it the 10th best bathroom fixture manufacturer in the world in 2007. Parryware was the first and only bathroom product manufacturer in India named a “super brand.”

“WITH THE AIM AND PASSION OF IMPROVING PEOPLE’S QUALITY OF LIFE, WE TRY TO OFFER MORE AND BETTER BATHROOM SOLUTIONS AND SOLIDWORKS HELPED US TO ACHIEVE OUR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.”

Suresh Kumar M 

Dy.Manager

Using eDrawings,® the company was able to send 3D model information to the customer with no loss of data.

The Symmetry Check tool helped Parryware to verify the symmetry of designed products.

Benefits of photorealistic rendering

The easy-to-use progressive rendering tools in SolidWorks let users render photorealistic scenes while allowing them to continue working on the same scene, unlike software that forces users to wait until scenes are complete.

Parryware finds the complete package of SolidWorks tools essential for design and development.

Premier bathroom solutions company Parryware uses PhotoView 360 and the SolidWorks® Design Library to make the entire design process easier.

Challenge:

Speed up the delivery of complex designs and make

instant design changes that can be visualized in 3D.

Solution:

Use SolidWorks software for faster design times and photorealistic imaging.

Results:

• Produced photorealistic images for marketing

• Improved design symmetry before manufacture

• Reduced design cycles by 40 percent