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SheetmetalWorks

SPI GmbH

SheetMetalWorks is an add-in for companies that use SOLIDWORKS to design sheet metal for bending. SheetMetalWorks speeds up the design process and delivers automated calculations, flawless unfolding of complex parts, easy data transfer to CAM, and more.

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The goal of SheetMetalWorks is to ensure a streamlined sheet metal process chain. This includes improved commands for sheet metal design, tools that guarantee a production-ready flat pattern, and multiple export formats for CAM and CNC.At the core of SheetMetalWorks is a powerful unfolder that considers not only the material and sheet thickness but also your laser, punching, and bending machines. These factors flow into calculations, e.g., for bend deductions and bend radii. This ensures that even highly complex designs can be easily unfolded, and that the flat pattern is ready for manufacturing with minimal pre-production work.The functionality of SheetMetalWorks can be expanded with CAM interface add-ons (for TRUMPF, Bystronic, LVD, Schröder, and WiCAM) as well as with a powerful cost-calculation add-on.SPI SheetMetal Solutions also offers software support and online training courses in English and German.

Features

  • Editable material and tool management including an extensive library of standard components.
  • 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.
  • Multiple calculation methods and formulas for calculating the flat pattern.
  • Automatic manufacturability checks.

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.
  • Keep track of the costs of your product with the SheetMetal Calculator add-on that provides a rule-based cost calculation in real-time.
  • 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.

Resources

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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.

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Video

SPI SheetMetal Overview

Watch here, how to create a technological processing of sheet metal parts and assemblies with our SPI SheetMetal software. Get to know the SPI Component Manager and the new CAD-Viewer of SPI GmbH.

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SPI SheetMetalWorks for SOLIDWORKS

Expand the sheet metal functionality of SOLIDWORKS! Learn more about the product highlights, design features, unfold algorithm, as well as the CAM and cost calculation add-ons of SPI SheetMetalWorks.

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