SOLIDWORKS® tutorial 4

CANDLESTICK

Prepatory and Advanced Vocational Training

To be used with SOLIDWORKS® Educational Release 2018-2019

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 Kaarsenhouder
In this tutorial you will make a simple container and after that a candlestick out of sheet metal. You will
get to know working with sheet metal in SOLIDWORKS. We will show you a couple of ways to create a
product out of sheet metal and we will show you how to make a drawing in 2D.

Werkplan First we will make a simple box. Look at the drawing below.

We will execute following steps:

1. First we will create the base, for this we will use an outside dimen-
sion of 230 x 130
2. After that we will add four sides with a height of 30.
3. Finally we will create a flat pattern and a drawing.

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 1 Start SOLIDWORKS and
open a new part.

2 Make sure the buttons you

need to work with Sheet
Metal are visible. The easi-
est way to get these work-
ing is to add them to the
CommandManager.
1 Click on a tab in the
CommandManager
with the right mouse
button.
2 Click on SheetMetal in
the menu that appears

3 Select Top Plane in the

FeatureManager.
We will use this plane to
create a sketch.

4 Create the sketch like in

the illustration on the right:
draw a rectangle with one
corer at the origin. Add di-
mensions and set the
height to 130 and width to
230.
Do you still remember how
to start a sketch? If not,
look at step 2 and 3 of tu-
torial #3.

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 5 Next click on the tab Sheet
Metal in the Command-
Manager next on Base-
Flange

6 1. Set the thickness at 2

mm in the Property-
Manager.
2. Click OK.

7 To create the edges of the

container, click on Edge
Flange in the Command-
Manager

8 1 Click on the first edge

of the base and move
the mouse upwards.
2 Set the first wall with a
random height.

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 9 1-3 Next click on the other
edges. Their heights
will automatically ad-
just to the first one.
Change a few settings in
the PropertyManager like it
is shown in the illustration
at the right:
4. Set the gap between
the walls at 1mm.
5. The walls are at a 90°
angle to the base.
6. The height of the walls
is 30mm.
7. This height is meas-
ured from the outside
of the base.
8. The walls are placed
within the outside edge
from the base and on
top of the base.
9. When the settings are
correct, Click OK.

10 The box is ready now.

Next we will take a look at
the flat pattern (the shape
that has to be cut out of
sheetmetal to create this
box).
Click on the button Flatten
in the CommandManager.

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 11 At this point, a 2D drawing
of the container is visible.
If you want to return to
the normal view in 3D,
click Flatten again.

Tip! When clicking the button Flatten, the only thing that happens is that the
last feature in the FeatureManager is being suppressed. This feature (Flat-
Pattern) is created automatically in a sheet metal part, and cannot be de-
leted. If you wish, you could also (un)suppress this feature directly to
show/hide the flat pattern.

12 Save the model as:

box.SLDPRT

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 Work plan We are going to create a candle stick. It consists of three parts. First, we
will create the base in accordance to the drawing below.

The handling of this product is different from the other ones. We draw a 2D
drawing and bring in some bending lines. The hardest part of this model is
to make the first sketch.

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 13 Open a new part

14 1. Select the Top plane,

to make a sketch on
it.
2. Click on Polygon in
the CommandManag-
er.

15 Click on origin for the cen-

ter point of the hexagon
and at a point straight
above the origin at a ran-
dom distance from the first
corner.

16 Be sure that in the Proper-

tyManager:
1. The number of sides is
set to 6
2. The inscribed circle is
selected
3. Click OK.

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 17 Set the dimension of the
inner circle to 90 mm with
Smart Dimensions.

18 To set the direction of the

hexagon you do as de-
scribed below:
1. Select ONE of the ver-
tical sides of the hexa-
gon
2. Click on Vertical in the
PropertyManager

19 1 Click on Offset Entities

in the CommandMan-
ager
2 Set the distance in the
PropertyManager to 10
mm.
3 Copy the other settings
of the PropertyManag-
er from the drawing at
the right. Be sure the
option Select Chain is
NOT selected.
4-6 Select the sides of the
hexagon as shown at
the right.
Note: when the lines are
off-setted to the inside,
check the option ‘Reverse’
in the PropertyManager.
7. Click OK.

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 20 1. Click on Trim Entities
in the CommandMan-
ager
2. Select the option Cor-
ner in the Property-
Manager
3-4 Click in the sketch on
two lines which have
to form a corner.

21 Click two lines again and

again so you see the draw-
ing as shown at the right.

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 22 Finally we will transform
the three inner lines to
construction lines. This will
be the bending lines later
on.
1-3 Select the three lines
(use the <ctrl>-button
on your keyboard)
4. Check the option For
construction in the
PropertyManager.
5. Click OK.

23 Next create the base.

1. Click on Sheet Metal in
the CommandManager.
2. Click on Base-Flange.

24 1. Set the thickness of

the material to 0.8 mm
in the PropertyManag-
er.
2. Be sure to check or
uncheck the option
Reverse direction to
add the material at the
bottom of the sketch.
Have you got a good
view at the material? If
not, zoom in!
3. Click OK.

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 25 In the sketch we have just
created, the bending lines
have already been drawn.
We are going to use them
now, but for this purpose,
the sketch must be visible.
1 Click on the + sign in
front of Base-Flange1
in the FeatureManager
2 Click on the sketch
which is visible now.
(usually this is:
Sketch1)
3 Click on Show in the
menu that appears.
The sketch is now grey col-
ored in the model.

26 Start a new sketch at the

top plane:
1. Select the top plane of
the item you have just
created
2. Click on Sketch in the
CommandManager to
show the right buttons.
3. Click on the Sketch
command to open the
sketch.

Tip! In earlier exercises we opened a sketch selecting a plane and draw a rec-
tangle (example). SOLIDWORKS ‘understands’ in such a case that you want
to open a sketch and does so automatically.
Before you can use the command from the next step, a sketch must be
open already, or else the command will not be visible. For this reason, we
must open the sketch ourselves and that is exactly what we have done in
the last step.

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 27 1. Click somewhere be-
sides the model to de-
select the plane.
2-4 Select the three bend-
ing lines from the last
sketch. Use the <ctrl>-
button.
5. Click on Convert Enti-
ties in the Command-
Manager

Tip! For most features in SOLIDWORKS you must first make a sketch. So you
can’t use an edge or an existing line to use them in a new feature.
But you CAN do what we have just done here: to make a copy of existing
element and paste them in a new sketch. This can be a line from an old
sketch but it can also be an edge of a model or even a face. In this way it is
a very fast way to make a new sketch which is derived from the existing
model.
When an element is not exactly in the plane of the sketch, it will be pro-
jected on it.

28 1. Click on Sheet Metal

in the CommandMan-
ager,
2. Click on Sketched
Bend.

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 29 1 Click at a position in
the middle of the base.
With this, you set this
part of the base to be
fixed. The other parts
will bend later on.
2 Select the option Mate-
rial outside: this is re-
lated to the way in
which the dimensions
are in the drawing.
3 With the Reverse direc-
tion–button you de-
termine in which direc-
tion the material is
bent. (up or down) the
arrow gives you the di-
rection and can be
changed by clicking on
this button. Make sure
the arrow points
downwards.
4 Set the corner at 90°
5 Click OK.

30 Finally we will hide the

sketch we have revealed
earlier.
Click on the sketch, and
select Hide.

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 31 The model is ready now.
Save is as base.sldprt.

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 Work plan The second part of the candle stick is the ‘tube’ to put the candle in. This is
shaped from a piece of sheet metal as shown in the drawing below.

To make this part we only have to make one sketch.

32 Open a new part and se-

lect Top plane to create a
sketch.

33 First we will draw one half

of a circle.
1. Click on Arc in the
CommandManager.
2. Select Centerpoint Arc
3. Click on the origin for
the first point.
4. Click straight above the
origin for the second
point.
5. To finish this half, click
on a third point, about
straight below the
origin

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 34 Next we will draw the sec-
ond part of the ‘circle’.
1. Click on Tangent Arc in
the PropertyManager.
2. Click on the bottom
point of the arc just
drew first.
3. Click on a point as
shown in the illustra-
tion.
4. Stop the command by
pushing the <esc>
button.

35 Zoom in on the origin of

the circle with the centre of
the second circle also visi-
ble. The last one is marked
with a little blue + mark.
To zoom in, use the scroll
wheel of the mouse OR
click on Zoom to Area in
the View Toolbar.

36 Select both points and click

on Vertical in the Proper-
tyManager.

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 37 Next add a dimension of
0.5mm between both
points.

38 Click Zoom to fit in the

View-toolbar to show the
entire sketch.

39 Add two more dimensions

tot the sketch with the
Smart Dimensions com-
mand:
1. A radius of 35 for the
right arc.
2. A length of 10mm the
first circle to overlap
the second one. Pay
attention: use the real
distance between the
ends of the circles and
NOT the horizontal dis-
tance. This is deter-
mined when you set
the dimension.

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 40 Click on Sheet Metal in the
CommandManager and
next on Base-flange.
Set the following features
in the PropertyManager:
1. Thickness of the mate-
rial 0.8mm
2. Height 25mm
3. Click OK

41 The cylinder is ready now.

Save the file as hold-
er.sldprt

Work plan Finally we have to make the handle of the candle stick. This is done in ex-
actly the same way as we did for the last part. It is again the most im-
portant to make a sketch.

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 42 Open a new part and start
drawing a sketch at the
Front Plane.
Draw a line from the origin
up.
Use the Tangent Arc com-
mand to draw a part of a
circle (an arc) like it is
shown in the illustration.

43 Add three dimensions with

Smart Dimension like in the
illustration on the right.

44 Use the Base-flange com-

mand to set the thickness
of the material to 0.8mm
and a height of 10mm.

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 45 Save the file as han-
dle.sldprt

To complete this tutorial we will make an assembly. We have done this be-
fore. Would you be able to join the three parts together in an assembly?
Try it yourself first, before you continue reading!

46 Open a new assembly.

Use the Insert Component
to place the base in the as-
sembly. This will be Fixed.
After that, put the two
other parts at a random
position in the drawing
field.
Can you remember how
this is done? If not, check
tutorial 3 step 46 to 51.

47 We have to mate the parts

together. Click on Mate in
the CommandManager.
1. Select the top plane of
the base.
2. Select the bottom edge
of the holder
3. The mate type Coinci-
dent is selected auto-
matically
4. Click OK.

Tip! When your first Mate is finished, click on OK. The Mate-command will re-
main active. You can immediately select two other elements to mate.

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 When you click on OK twice, the Mate-command will end.
We assume that we stay within the Mate-command. When you click twice
on OK by accident, click on the Mate-command in the CommandManager to
start a new Mate.

48 Be sure the Mate-

command is active (read
the tip above).
1. Select the origin of the
base in the Feature
Tree
2. Also select the origin of
the holder.
3. The mate type Coinci-
dent is again selected
automatically.
4. Click OK.

49 Make sure the handle is

placed in the area where it
has to be at the end. Look
at the illustration at the
right.
When this part is placed
somewhere else, you can
drag it to its right position.

Tip! We are using illustrations of the model in which the model is rotated in
such a way, that either edges or points which are needed to create a mate,
are visible at the same time. This is the most convenient, because there will
be no need to rotate the model during the mating.
If this does not work, you will have to rotate the model during the mating
command like this:
1. Select the first element
2. Rotate the model so you can get a good view at the second element

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 3. Select the second element
4. Create the mate.
During this process, be sure not to close the mate command by accident.
So pay attention and focus!

50 Rotate the model that you

can see the bottom of the
handle and the bottom of
the base. Zoom in, so you
get a good view of the
thickness of the sheet
metal.
Make sure the Mate-
command is still active.
Select the two edges like it
is shown in the illustration.
The function mate coinci-
dent is selected automati-
cally.
Click OK.

51 Now try to drag the han-

dle: you will notice that
you can shift it along the
edges we have just select-
ed and it can also rotate
around this edge.

Tip! Notice that there is a difference between rotating a part of the assembly
and rotating the model itself.
• To rotate/shift a part you must drag it. You can also use the buttons
Move Component and Rotate component. You will shift a part in rela-
tion to the other parts of the assembly. The model changes.

• If you rotate the model, the parts remain at the same position in rela-
tion to each other, but you will be looking at the model from another
angle. The model does NOT change. To do so, you can use the scroll-
wheel of the mouse (push it and rotate), or you use the Rotate View
command in the View-toolbar.

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 52 We are going to join the
centre points of the edges
together.
Be sure the Mate-
command is active.
Select both centre points.
When you move the cursor
on top of an edge, the cen-
tre point will appear and
you can select it.
The mate type Coincident
is selected automatically.
Click OK.

53 Now try to shift the handle

again. Notice that you can
only rotate it around the
edge but it is fixed in the
middle.

54 The last mate we will add

to fix the handle complete-
ly.
Rotate the model so you
have a clear view on both
planes like in the illustra-
tion and select both of
them.
The mate type Coincident
is selected automatically.
Click OK.

55 Click on the OK again to

close the Mate-command

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 56 The candle stick is ready
now. Save it as Candle-
stick.sldasm.

Which are the main fea- In this exercise you have seen several ways to create parts from sheet
tures you have learned metal.
in this tutorial?
• You have seen that a Base-flange always is the first part. In this you
determine – amongst others - the thickness of the material.
• On a Base-flange, you can use the edge flange command.
• With a sketched bend you can create bending lines in the straight
plane.
• You have also seen that you can easily make a 2 D drawing out of the
3 D model by unsuppressing the last feature.
Also you have used some new commands in creating sketches:
• Centerpoint Arc and Tangent Arc to draw parts of a circle.
• Convert to use an existing part in a sketch again.
Finally you have made a few tricky mates in the assembly.
Slowly you are getting to know SOLIDWORKS better and better, because
Sheet Metal is an important part of the SOLIDWORKS software.

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