Flatten Sheet Metal Solidworks Drawing

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing.

Flatten sheet metal solidworks drawing. Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab. Click on flatten from the sheet metal tab in the command manager or unsuppress the flat pattern from the feature tree. In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools. It is designed for materials like cloth or leather but can be used for metal if there will be forming involved.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. As shown in the figure below the flat pattern view is the same as the front view and shows the part in a bent state.

Security sheet metal support and copy scheme specific sheet metal annotations such as bend notes bend lines bounding box and bend tables can be created in the flat pattern of the 3d model. Upholstery clothing even carbon fiber layups can be calculated using this feature. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Wrong flat pattern in view palette.

Edge flange see figure 3 can be used to add an attached wall to any sheet metal body. From here navigate to the configurations tab and check the derived configuration default sm flat pattern. The recommended way to enter the flat pattern view is by the flatten command on the sheet metal tab on the command manager. Drawings of sheet metal parts when you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.

To create a drawing of a flat pattern. This same tool can be used to make a flat piece of sheet metal that one would use to add edge flanges and other useful sheet metal features. Flatten surface is only available in solidworks premium and is really the last chance for a part to be flattened from a 3d shape in automated way. From the view palette drag the flat pattern.

This is added automatically when you create a drawing of a sheet metal part and can help identify the problem. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for.