Solidworks Flatten Sheet Metal

To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

Solidworks flatten sheet metal.

You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Flatten the piece of sheet metal so you see the flat pattern bounding box. To flatten a body do one. You cannot reorder sheet metal features to go below flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree.

Follow simple steps to learn. In either the featuremanager design tree or the cut list right click the flat pattern feature for the part and click unsuppress. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Standard sheet metal features sketched bends edge flanges miter flanges.

To ensure that all features are shown in a flat pattern you should create the flat pattern configuration after the entire design pattern of the part is complete. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. To create a flat pattern configuration.

In the featuremanager design tree select the part and click flatten sheet metal toolbar. In the cut list right click the body and click flatten. To add features to the flattened sheet metal part you must first unsuppress flat pattern1. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide.

All of these standard sheet metal features work perfectly as long as you are dealing with only flat faces and cylindrical straight bend regions. You flatten the entire sheet metal part by unsuppressing flat pattern1. Link that dimension to you bom in the file properties. This approach is great for new designs because it requires that you either start this way or convert to sheet metal.

Create sketch of construction line where the end points are coincident to the corners of the bounding box. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.