Spheres can be created in solidworks as solid or surface geometry.
Sheet metal sphere solidworks.
Today we are going to show you the simple steps you can take to easily create a sphere in solidworks.
When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.
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Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.
Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.
Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.
Under sheet metal parameters.
Creating a sphere in solidworks let s take a close look at these three simple commands and see how they can help us on the quest of creating our sphere in solidworks.
Both results require a sketch and either a revolve boss base feature or a revolved surface feature.
You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment.
However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal.