{"id":25186,"date":"2018-05-29T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T10:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/?p=17912"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:18:30","slug":"creating-custom-sheet-metal-forming-tools-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/creating-custom-sheet-metal-forming-tools-solidworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Custom Sheet Metal Forming Tools In SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a set of Forming Tools for punching Sheet Metal models inside the Design Library in SOLIDWORKS. You can find these items in the Forming Tools folder. There are a number of useful tools here: ribs, lances, Louvers and extruded flanges, to name some of the categories. However we can customize our own forming tool depending upon our requirements, the following example illustrates it .<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Here\u2019s how to do it<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">The first step is to create the desired geometry that you would like to punch into your model. Initially this can just be a very basic sketch and extrude drawn out on a flat plate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17960\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/11.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"800\" height=\"434\" data-id=\"17960\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000 ! important; text-align: center ! important; font-size: 15px ! important; padding-top: 7px;\">Figure 1: Customized forming tool depending upon requirements.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Now go to forming tool option, SOLIDWORKS &gt; Sheetmetal &gt; Forming tool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17961\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2-a.jpg\" alt=\"2-a\" width=\"800\" height=\"339\" data-id=\"17961\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000 ! important; text-align: center ! important; font-size: 15px ! important; padding-top: 7px;\">Figure 2: Selection of stopping face and faces to be removed.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 25px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px; line-height: 3px;\">This can be launched from the sheet metal toolbar<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px; line-height: 3px;\">Two property boxes are contained within this command.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px; line-height: 3px; margin-bottom: 24px;\">One for a stopping face in green, and one for faces to be removed in red\/pink.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17963\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture3-a.jpg\" alt=\"capture3-a\" width=\"800\" height=\"357\" data-id=\"17963\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000 ! important; text-align: center ! important; font-size: 15px ! important; padding-top: 10px;\">Figure 3: Forming tool ready to get saved in library.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000; padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">The file is now complete, when saving the file there are two options;\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 25px; line-height: 3px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px; line-height: 3px;\">Saving the files in the Design Library\\Forming Tools\\ as any SOLDIWORKS part (.sldprt\/.sldlfp\/.sldftp)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px; line-height: 3px; margin-bottom: 24px;\">Saving the files in any folder on your machine, but saving it as a SOLIDWORKS forming tool part (.sldftp)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17964\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4-a.jpg\" alt=\"4-a\" width=\"800\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"17964\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000 ! important; text-align: center ! important; font-size: 15px ! important; padding-top: 7px;\">Figure 4: Creation of based flange of desired dimensions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17965\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5-a.jpg\" alt=\"5-a\" width=\"800\" height=\"345\" data-id=\"17965\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000 ! important; text-align: center ! important; font-size: 15px ! important; padding-top: 7px;\">Figure 5: Positioning of forming tool from the library.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17969\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-a.jpg\" alt=\"6-a\" width=\"800\" height=\"365\" data-id=\"17969\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000 ! important; text-align: center ! important; font-size: 15px ! important; padding-top: 7px;\">Figure 6: Final product from the forming tool option.<\/p>\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n    \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n    \"@id\": \"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/creating-custom-sheet-metal-forming-tools-solidworks\/\"\n  },\n  \"headline\": \"Creating Custom Sheet Metal Forming Tools In SOLIDWORKS\",\n  \"description\": \"There are a set of Forming Tools for punching Sheet Metal models inside the Design Library in SOLIDWORKS. 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