Fill Patterns In Sheet Metal Solid

In this video i explain how fill patterns can be used to quickly create complex types of patterns.

Fill patterns in sheet metal solid.

Solidworks will automatically pattern a feature and space it fit within a. This is typically done to add perforations to sheet metal parts. You might also like. For these and many other cases the solidworks fill pattern is an effective way to quickly fill planar areas.

This usually adds tens or hundreds of instances of a feature so as you can imagine the instance count is important because no one wants to sit there and count each perforation. Parameters control the pattern layout. The fill pattern feature lets you use a predefined shape to fill a space. Accelerate your capabilities with solidworks standard patterning and validate count feature.

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. The fill pattern feature can even create its own hole features. Recent enhancements made to standard patterning make it easy to. Fill pattern which is often overlooked in favor of traditional linear and circular patterns allows you to select co planar faces or a bounding 2d sketch and fills that area with a pattern.

The fill pattern feature is an excellent yet little known patterning tool in solidworks.