How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks Drawing

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks drawing.

Some items to note about the flat pattern feature. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view.

If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. In this configuration the sheet metal option flatten is selected.

In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. 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. Select process bends and all of the features after it.

In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern. Click place views tab create panel base. In the featuremanager design tree right click flat pattern1 and click edit feature. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.