Diamond point or not?

3D Design Sheet Metal / Machine Welded
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Hello everyone,

I'm annoyed about the sheet metal function.

I would like to make a hint of diament to reinforce my sheet metal. However, I don't know if it's the right way to get there.

The goal is to make crossed folds on the front side so that it reinforces it.

I'll put my problem in screenshot. Thank you.

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You should see the context, the other parts around, the fixings etc

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Hello,

The diamond tip function is purely graphic, as its description indicates.
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Personally I model a pyramid and I convert it into sheet metal, for a drawing it's practical. But there will always be an edge of the pyramid that is not connected.

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Hello;

I advise starting from a sheet metal function rather than a conversion of an extrusion.
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Secondly, I am in favour of a real modelling of the " diamond " (as suggested by @arthur.fonmarty).
I also recommend avoiding keeping your external references (as much as possible):
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(depending on your Solidworks settings, this may cause problems with updates to your components).

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Hello

By creating a stamping tool It's doable quite easily.
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The tool
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DIAMOND POINT TOOL. SLDPRT (119.0 KB)
DIAMOND POINT SHEET METAL. SLDPRT (31.4 KB)

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In addition, in the latest versions of SW, you don't even need to create a tool!

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Item1.SLDPRT (95.3 KB)
Another way to make this shape, you can turn it into a tool.

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I don't understand why you say that in the latest version we don't need a tool? in Solidworks 2026 SP1 (standard license), the diamond tip function only makes the lines and no 3D distortion

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Starting with SW2024, it is possible to use the Stamp tool to create sketch-based parametric shape tools to be applied to sheet metal parts. In previous versions, sketches and functions had to be saved as a " shape tool" part (. SLDFTP) before it can be applied to a sheet metal.

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Not sure of the real interest of deforming the sheet metal, for me the representation is more than enough for a large majority of cases.
The representation on the 3D model and the MEP is enough to perform the function by a bending machine and for the 3D visual, as well as an exact development of the sheet metal (very minor deformation because of the very low angle) and in my opinion this is the whole point of the thing.

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