How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks Drawing

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks drawing.

In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. Click place views tab create panel base.

If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration.

In this configuration the sheet metal option flatten is selected. Select process bends and all of the features after it. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Bend radii and thicknesses are measured from the model and maintained making this one of the easiest ways to convert any design to a sheet metal part and get a flat pattern even if you don t have any flat faces at all.

To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature. In the featuremanager design tree right click flat pattern1 and click edit feature. The default configuration of a sheet metal part contains a derived configuration called defaultsm flat pattern.

Flatten tool is selected this results in the flat pattern feature being unsupressed and the part will be flattened. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.