SOLIDWORKS 2025 introduces some exciting new tools for working with sheet metal parts. These updates make designing and manufacturing sheet metal components easier and more efficient. Two of the most notable new features are Bend Notches and Multi-Length Edge Flange. Let ’s take a closer look at what these features do and how they can improve your designs.
Bend Notches Feature in SOLIDWORKS 2025 Sheet Metal: Better Accuracy for Bends
When designing sheet metal parts, one challenge is making sure the bends fit together correctly, especially when parts need to be bend or stacked. In SOLIDWORKS 2025, the Bend Notches feature makes this easier.
Bend notches allow you to add small cuts or notches at a part’s bend location. This helps ensure that parts fit together properly when folded and reduces the chance of bending errors during manufacturing.
Why Bend Notches Are Useful:
- Better Fit and Accuracy: Bend notches help parts fit together more precisely during assembly.
- Improved Simulation: You can better simulate how parts will bend and fit, helping to avoid mistakes.
- Faster Design Process: Automatically adding notches saves time compared to manually adjusting designs.
Overall, Bend Notches make your sheet metal designs more accurate and easier to work with.
Multi-Length Edge Flange Feature SOLIDWORKS 2025 Sheet Metal: More Flexibility for Flanges
The Edge Flange tool is widely used in sheet metal design to add flanges to parts. Before SOLIDWORKS 2025, you could only create one length of flange at a time, which sometimes meant doing extra work if the part had different flange lengths.
With Multi-Length Edge Flange, you can now create multiple flanges of different lengths along the same edge in just one step. This saves time and gives you more flexibility when designing parts that need different – sized flanges.
Why Multi-Length Edge Flange is Helpful:
- More Flexibility: You can now create flanges of different lengths all at once, without repeating the process for each one.
- Easier Design: You have more control over where the flanges go and how long they should be.
- Faster Work: This tool cuts down on the time it takes to design parts with multiple flanges.
This feature makes it quicker and easier to design parts with complex flange arrangements.
SOLIDWORKS 2025 introduces two powerful new features—Bend Notches and Multi-Length Edge Flange—that make it easier to create accurate and flexible sheet metal designs. These updates improve the design process, saving time and reducing errors. Whether you are working on a simple or complex part, SOLIDWORKS 2025 gives you the tools you need to design sheet metal parts more efficiently.
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