Solidworks Drawing Sheet Metal Bend Line

Change the display position of bend notes.

Solidworks drawing sheet metal bend line.

So in a part generated with the sheet metal tools your bend lines are stored in the flat pattern feature remember that this sketch you can show hide and suppress unsuppress to control how when it is displayed. Displaying solidworks bend lines the first method i tried was to go to view sketches. Select the flat pattern drawing view to display the drawing view propertymanager. In the view palette drag the flat pattern view into the graphics area.

In the view properties tab clear display sheet metal bend notes. Change the bend angle bend direction or bend radius and the notes update in the drawing. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar.

A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature. These bend notes will describe the bend direction bend angle and bend radius for each bend within solidworks. Expand the flat pattern feature right click bend lines and select show or hide. In the featuremanager design tree expand drawing view to show the flat pattern feature.

Sheet metal bend line notes allow. Click more properties. Search toggling the visibility of bend lines in the solidworks knowledge base. This toggles the visibility of sketches and if it is off the bend lines sketch will be hidden the second method i used was to expand out the flat pattern in the feature tree and find the sketch bend lines2 could be other numbers shown.

They can be automatically inserted into the flat pattern drawing view. Bend note formatting bend notes in your sheet metal part drawings are a clear way to provide the required information for manufacturing.