Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing flat pattern.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. But each body has its own 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. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. So let s take another look at the model view dialog box. Please subscribe our channel for mo. Select process bends and all of the features after it.

In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools. In the flat pattern colors box select bend lines up direction to edit the color click edit i m going to change the color to blue like the sky click ok and. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. If you take a moment to think about it you cannot have a flat pattern for the whole part since it is now an assembly of sheet metal bodies.

Document properties and flat pattern colors for sheet metal. All features after flat pattern1 appear only in the flattened sheet metal part. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Follow simple steps to learn.

All features before flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree appear in both the folded and flattened sheet metal part. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. Flat pattern the flat pattern1 feature is intended to be the last feature in the folded sheet metal part. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for.

Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. 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. Wrong flat pattern in view palette. Have you noticed the little select bodies button fig.

In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table.