Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing No Flat Pattern

The next time the user created a sheet metal part and then created the flattened drawing view it worked correctly.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing no 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 users occasionally come across a sheet metal drawing view that displays formed bent part instead of flat pattern. Looks like you accidentally unflattened while in the defaultsm flat pattern config. Here is the explanation of a common mistake that causes this problem.

The solution was to open a new part document delete the defaultsm flat pattern configuration and resave the document template. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature. Wrong flat pattern in view palette.

So here goes i will explain what is happening in the background and give a few best practices to ensure the setup is correct. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. So when the drawing view was inserted solidworks could not automatically create the configuration and set the sheet metal state to flattened. Solidworks creates flat pattern configuration when the drawing of a sheet metal part is generated.

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Neil bucalo technical analyst computer aided technology inc. The use the sheet metal flatten tool.

Now when you go back to your drawing it should be good. Then double click on the default config. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration.

Select process bends and all of the features after it. 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. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

You may have to do a rebuild in your drawing. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern.