SPI SheetMetalWorks for SOLIDWORKS
Learn about the main features, calculation methods, export formats, CAM and cost calculation add-ons, and other highlights of SPI's sheet metal add-in for SOLIDWORKS.
Features
- Editable material and tool management including an extensive library of standard components.
- Multiple calculation methods and formulas for calculating the flat pattern.
- Automatic manufacturability checks.
- Easy unfolding of multi-body parts, assemblies, free-form surfaces, curved surfaces, and other complex parts.
- Multiple import and export (dxf, geo, step, xml) file formats.
Benefits
- Reduce design errors and save as much as 80% of the design time thanks to specialized commands and exact calculations.
- Cut down pre-production work with the help of the SPI unfolding algorithm that delivers production-ready flat patterns.
- Seamlessly connect your design and fabrication with output formats for a wide range of CAM applications and CNC machines.
- Make small lot sizes profitable thanks to a virtual prototyping function that generates a ready-to-manufacture 3D prototype based on your on-site machine environment.
- Keep track of the costs of your product with the SheetMetal Calculator add-on that provides a rule-based cost calculation in real-time.
