Flatten Sheet Metal Solid Edge

You also can display tangent edges in a drawing that was created with a different template.

Flatten sheet metal solid edge. In either the featuremanager design tree or the cut list right click the flat pattern feature for the part and click unsuppress. Welcome to solid edge tutorial channel drawing feature call out this channel is dealing with everything about solid edge beginners tutorials sheet metal. Open the folded sheet metal part in solid edge sheet metal. Unlike general purpose cad tools solid edge includes sheet metal specific features like emboss dimple drawn cutout bead multi edge flange contour flange straight brake and etch.

Here is a nice video showing how to unfold a sheet metal part commonly known as flat pattern in solid edge. Click on the part propertiestab. To apply the template you must run the drawing view wizard and set the part and sheet metal drawing view options on the first page of the drawing view creation wizard to flat pattern. In the cut list right click the body and click flatten.

In solid edge st5 this command is in the application menu 3. Filter feed refresh this feed. Modify the parameters to create the correct flatten part. To flatten a body do one.

Select a face for an inital sheet metal face. Tim mila siemens published this new community article. Use the transform to sheet metal. In the featuremanager design tree select the part and click flatten sheet metal toolbar.

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