Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

Flat pattern views for sheet metal multi body parts.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing flat pattern.

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. Solidworks has supported sheet metal multi body parts for the last two releases but that still came as a pleasant surprise for me. Follow simple steps to learn. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following.

All features after flat pattern1 appear only in the flattened sheet metal part. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. When the flat pattern drawing view of a solidworks sheet metal part displays the part in the bent condition this can indicate an issue with the suppression state of the flat pattern feature.

This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. Article by alin vargatu cswe updated december 13 2011. Wrong flat pattern in view palette. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. All features before flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree appear in both the folded and flattened sheet metal part. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress.

Select process bends and all of the features after it. The advantages are huge and clear you can design all your sheet metal components in the context of one part generate a handy cut list and sprinkle the drawings with nice balloons like in assemblies. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Flat pattern the flat pattern1 feature is intended to be the last feature in the folded sheet metal part.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern.