Sheet Metal Gauge Table

Sheet metal gauge tables store properties for a designated material. You can access the sheet metal gauge table from the PropertyManager while creating the base flange. Use a sheet metal gauge table to assign:

• Gauge thickness

• Allowable bend radii

• K-factor

After creating the base flange, access the sheet metal gauge table by right-clicking Sheet-Metal in the FeatureManager design tree and selecting Edit Feature.

Assigning Bend Radius Values

You can use the sheet metal gauge table to assign values for the whole part. This is called the default. However, you can apply bend radius values that are different from the default value in the sheet metal gauge table to specific features, such as edge flanges.

Controlling Bend Radius Values

• If you select Use Default radius, you can use one general bend radius value from the sheet metal gauge table for all the downstream features.

• If you select Use gauge table, the bend radius value you use is different than the default value from the sheet metal gauge table.

• If you clear both Use Default Radius and Use gauge table, you can type in the bend radius value.

 To apply a bend radius value different from the gauge table value:

1. Create a base flange, and in the PropertyManager, under Sheet Metal Gauges, select Use gauge table and then select  a table

2. Add another sheet metal feature to the part.

3. In the PropertyManager, clear Use default radius, and select Use gauge table.

4. In the sheet metal gauge table, select another value for the bend radius.

If you change the default value by using a different sheet metal gauge table bend radius value, the feature maintains its set value and does not change.

To manually assign a bend radius value:

1. In the PropertyManager, clear  Use default radius.

2. Type in a value for bend radius.

K-Factor

If the K-factor is left blank in the sheet metal gauge table, all the bend allowance values default to those last used.

Creating a Sheet Metal Gauge Table

Tables are included in the SolidWorks application, and are located in: <install_dir>\lang\Sheet Metal Gauge Tables\.

If you create a sheet metal gauge table, use a semi colon - ; - as a delimiter between values.

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