Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

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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. 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. Select process bends and all of the features after it. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress.

This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. Flat pattern views for sheet metal multi body parts. All features after flat pattern1 appear only in the flattened sheet metal part.

Solidworks has supported sheet metal multi body parts for the last two releases but that still came as a pleasant surprise for me. Flat pattern the flat pattern1 feature is intended to be the last feature in the folded sheet metal part. All features before flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree appear in both the folded and flattened sheet metal part. Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. Article by alin vargatu cswe updated december 13 2011.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format.