Solidworks Sheet Metal Flat Pattern Error

And when i unfold the flat pattern after adding holes the holes disappear.

Solidworks sheet metal flat pattern error.

Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. Specifically i ve drawn a parabolic arc which i ve turned into a flange it s a reflector. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop.

In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. You can see the isolated item 3 returns the correct number. Now i want to add mounting holes. Select process bends and all of the features after it.

Wrong flat pattern in view palette. 1 when this error happen then go to your sheet metal part drawing. And it s right about that so it flags this as an error because it can t decide when this is a small enough area to be acceptable anyway. 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.

4 now see in default sheet. If you insert a 3d annotation in a sheet metal part a flat pattern annotation view is automatically created in the annotations folder. Select merge faces to merge faces that are planar and coincident in the flat pattern. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following.

Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features. In the propertymanager under parameters. I can t sketch on a curve. Follow simple steps to learn.

In the graphics area select a face that does not move as a result of the feature for fixed face. Based on that sw is saying there s a conflict across an area between a bend region the flat right next to it a stress concentration. It is isolated to the flat pattern views. 2 go to configuration.

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. Admittedly sheet metal is not my strong point i do more with machining. This is a sheet metal item with obviously no bend information. If a part cannot be flattened because it has self intersecting geometry a warning is displayed and the feature causing the problem is highlighted in the graphics area.