SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Tab and Slot Tutorial

The Tab and Slot feature creates tabs on one body and slots on another body to interlock the two bodies You can specify how the tabs and slots look

SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Tab and Slot Tutorial If an assembly has parts connected with a Tab and Slot feature in SOLIDWORKS, the slot can be propagated to other corresponding parts

The Tab and Slot feature creates tabs on one body and slots on another body to interlock the two bodies You can specify how the tabs and slots look

solidworks slot Mirroring features might fail sometimes on creation but I've never had it break later That way the assembly is more straight forward

assembly and set-up costs in the manufacturing process Tab and slot tool can automate this

solidworks tab and slot SolidWorks 2018 has a new Tab and Slot feature to create a design to interlock two parts, whether in the context of an assembly or multiple

Mirroring features might fail sometimes on creation but I've never had it break later That way the assembly is more straight forward