Sheet metal parameters according to material

Hello
Following analysis and calibration of our bending machine I have determined a bend area to apply for a custom material in SolidWorks, however I can't configure it so that the settings apply every time we bend with this material, when I edit the sheet metal function and click on use the sheet metal settings of the body material it tells me no material is applied to the body.

Hello;

Could you send your folding table? or at least a screenshot of the first few cells of your table...
and also a visual of your 3D would be appreciated with a part of the construction tree (with the visible bodies and the general material).
I suspect a multi-body folding... Am I mistaken?

Kind regards.


This material corresponds to thickness 3, did I use the right method for my need?

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I didn't expect that... :sweat_smile:
I admit that I have never used the " sheet metal" tab directly in " material ", I was expecting to see a K-factor or bend loss table in Exel format...
https://help.solidworks.com/2020/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_Bend_Table_Overview.htm#mmo1450446776096
… I would have to find out on my side, for now I'm drying, sorry...

Yes, indeed!! :laughing:
This tab does not appear on my version (2018 sp4)

It seems that Solidworks is fussy about thickness intervals:
https://help.solidworks.com/2023/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_material_db_sheet_metal_tab.htm?verRedirect=1
Let's see if it doesn't come from there...
(possibly try to replace your periods with commas, Solidworks and sometimes schizophrenic on decimal separators...)

no, even changing the character it doesn't work, I don't know how to do it, is there a method with template tables or other to put a bend area parameter according to the material selected? I'm on Solidworks2023 SP2

Never tried this new 2020 product:


We have 3 template tables that we select manually according to the material (the old-fashioned way)
In order in 1 what we don't use
In 2 manual selection since no parameter related to the materials
In 3 the folding table linked to the jig table.

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