Opening the Tutorial Forming Tool

First, you open a formed louver and add it to the Design Library as a forming tool.

1. Download and extract the sample files for this tutorial:
   1. Click here to download formtools.zip to your Downloads folder.
      For more information on downloading and managing sample files, see Sample Files.
   2. Browse to the Downloads folder and extract formtools.zip to a convenient location.
      For example, to organize your tutorial sample files, create a folder in your Documents folder named tutorial_files. Then extract into that folder to create a subfolder named formtools that contains the files you need.
2. Browse to the location where you placed the formtools folder and open formtools\sample_louver.SLDPRT.
   

   The Design Library forming tools include a louver part. For this tutorial, you add a preconfigured louver part to the Design Library forming tools before forming the louver onto the cover.

3. Add the tutorial sample louver part to the Design Library forming tools:
   1. Right-click sample_louver in the FeatureManager design tree and click Add to Library .
   2. In the PropertyManager, expand Design Library > forming tools > louvers and click .
      If you are missing the Design Library folder, you can add it manually by clicking Add File Location in the Task Pane and browsing to drive letter:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS version\design library in the dialog box and then clicking OK.
4. In the Task Pane, click the Design Library tab.
5. Navigate to the forming tools folder.
6. Right-click the folder and click Forming Tools Folder. If Forming Tools Folder is already selected, you can skip the last step.
7. If you are prompted to mark all subfolders to be marked as forming tools folders, click Yes.
8. Close the sample_louver part.