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Wrap enhancements in 2017

Tips and Tricks Peter 12 October 2016

Wrap enhancements in 2017

Wrap enhancements in 2017

The previous versions of Solidworks have been able to wrap sketches onto faces, but there were limitations to what could be selected in terms of the target face. For example it wasn’t possible to wrap to the below fairly simple geometry.

 

It also wasn’t possible to wrap to surfaces such as a dome:

In 2017 however using the spline surface option this is now possible:

 

Wrap on a Dome:

 

Result of the above wrap if I select to emboss it 10mm:

 

Hopefully these enhancements will be a lot of help.

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