Solidworks Sheet Metal Isolate Part Flatten

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Solidworks sheet metal isolate part flatten.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1 to hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.

The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. Flatten surface is only available in solidworks premium and is really the last chance for a part to be flattened from a 3d shape in automated way. In either the featuremanager design tree or the cut list right click the flat pattern feature for the part and click unsuppress. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. 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. To flatten a body do one. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet.

Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. It is designed for materials like cloth or leather but can be used for metal if there will be forming involved. Flatten it by converting it using the insert bends command instead. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide.

To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part. I actually rolled it all the way down before figuring it d flatten the part once i did that once i saw it didn t happen i just rolled it back up. In the featuremanager design tree select the part and click flatten sheet metal toolbar.

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. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Wrong flat pattern in view palette. In the cut list right click the body and click flatten.