How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks Drawing

Flatten tool is selected this results in the flat pattern feature being unsupressed and the part will be flattened.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks drawing.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. The default configuration of a sheet metal part contains a derived configuration called defaultsm flat pattern. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part.

Select process bends and all of the features after it. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. In the featuremanager design tree right click flat pattern1 and click edit feature. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Click place views tab create panel base. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. From the view palette drag the flat pattern.

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. In this configuration the sheet metal option flatten is selected. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.