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Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction and K-Factor Tables in SOLIDWORKS By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE)  June 9, 2017  SOLIDWORKS Tech Tips  + 4 Comments

In this series of blog posts it was discussed what different terms like Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction and K-Factor mean and how we can calculate them for a specific sheet. You can read the previous post: What are Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction and KFactor? And the post that explains how to calculate them here. In this post you will see how to use these calculated values in order to make our own SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Bend Table. Bend tables and gauge tables come into play when working with sheet metal parts in SOLIDWORKS. The location where SOLIDWORKS reads these tables from is set in Options > System Options > File Locations. Select “Sheet Metal Bend Tables” or “Sheet Metal Gauge Table” to see the location where SOLIDWORKS reads the tables from.

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Bent Table File Locations

Bend Tables Bend tables were the original tables used by SolidWorks to pull Bend Deduction, Bend Allowance or K-Factor values for use in calculating the flat pattern. SOLIDWORKS has provided some sample tables that you can use as a reference to make yours. You can find these sample tables under SOLIDWORKS Installation folder\SOLIDWORKS\lang\english\Sheet Metal Bend Tables You can simply edit a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Bend Table and enter the values that were calculated in our previous posts to make your own table. You would need a separate http://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2017/06/solidworks-sheet-metal-bend-table/

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bend table for each thickness of material. As an example I modified the sample bend allowance table based on our calculations as shown in the picture below: Search for Tech Tips...

Bend table data

Using a Bend Table in a Sheet Metal Part Now to use this table for a sheet metal part, all you need to do is to right-click on SheetMetal feature in the design tree and edit the feature. Then under Bend Allowance section select this new custom made table.

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The problem with a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Bend Table is that it can only control the Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction or K-Factor but the thickness and

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radius is still free to be changed manually.

Gauge Tables Since gauge tables were introduced, all the parameters can be controlled base on the drop down selection which makes life much easier. So when it comes to actually using these tables in SolidWorks do you use a gauge table or a bend table? The short answer is a gauge table. When creating your own gauge table, again the best way is to use one of the sample tables supplied with SolidWorks and then just modify the values for your specific application. You can find sample gauge tables under: SOLIDWORKS Installation folder\SOLIDWORKS\lang\english\Sheet Metal Gauge Tables You need one separate excel file for each material that you have. You can add extra lines to the table to cover different thickness, bend angles, radii that you use in your company. The important point when making a gauge table is that you must list the gauges from smallest thickness to largest. I modified the sample K-Factor gauge table based on my calculations in previous post as follows:

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Gauge Table Data

Using a Gauge Table in a Sheet Metal Part To use your custom made gauge table all you need to do is to edit the Sheet-Metal feature and check off the gauge table checkbox in the property manager. Doing so let you to pick your table from the drop down menu. After that you can select the thickness (gauge) and the bend radius. Based on your selection SOLIDWORKS will apply the right K-Factor to your model.

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Comments Adrienne says J U N E 2 7 , 2 0 1 7 AT 6 : 4 5 P M

Thank you for including a screenshot of the Excel spreadsheet you made for your gauge table parameters. This is a great visual that I will definitely be sharing with my team.

John Layne says J U LY 1 8 , 2 0 1 7 AT 9 : 2 6 P M

Thanks for sharing. Is it possible to use SolidWorks Sheet metal and Gauge tables for Cardboard? I’ve spent some time googling and on the SolidWorks forum, but all the solutions look dubious. K factors won’t work, as the internal radii when bending cardboard becomes less than zero, the cardboard deforms inwardly. The external radii I’m guessing would have a K factor of zero.

Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) says S E P T E M B E R 2 1 , 2 0 1 7 AT 3 : 4 8 P M

Yes you can. K Factor is the distance to the neutral axis measured from inner bend radius divided by the thickness. Based on your explanation, in a cardboard all the thickness of the material is under compression except the outer edge of the bend. It means that the neutral axis is on the outer edge. So the K factor will be the distance from the inner bend radius to the outer bend radius (which is equal to the thickness) divided by the thickness which is equal to one. http://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2017/06/solidworks-sheet-metal-bend-table/

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Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) says S E P T E M B E R 2 1 , 2 0 1 7 AT 3 : 5 0 P M

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About the Author - Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) Saeed Mojarad is an application engineer at Javelin Technologies. He received his B.S from Mazandaran University, Iran and his M.S. from École de technologie supérieure (ETS), Canada. He has several years of experience using SOLIDWORKS in different industries such as manufacturing and aerospace. Currently located at Calgary, he is helping SOLIDWORKS users all across Canada as a technical support and SOLIDWORKS instructor.

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