Part VII: Working with Specialized Functionality
FIGURE 29.52
Resizing the cross break to 13.9- Create a new configuration named Flat. In this configuration, suppress the forming
tool that you just placed, and unsuppress the Flat Pattern feature at the bottom of the
tree.
Summary
SolidWorks offers a broad range of sheet metal tools to tackle most of your modeling situations.
Some of the tools still require a little imagination because the complex shapes created in the real
world where bends intersect are problems for such highly automated software. The tools are able
to deal with imported or generically modeled geometry as well as parts created using the dedicated
sheet metal tools.