How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks Drawing

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks drawing. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. Flatten tool is selected this results in the flat pattern feature being unsupressed and the part will be flattened.

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. In this configuration the sheet metal option flatten is selected. The default configuration of a sheet metal part contains a derived configuration called defaultsm flat pattern.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern. Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. Click place views tab create panel base. Select process bends and all of the features after it. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.

In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. 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. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file.

To create a drawing of a flat pattern. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. In the featuremanager design tree right click flat pattern1 and click edit feature.