How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks Drawing

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks drawing.

To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. Click place views tab create panel base.

In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. Select process bends and all of the features after it. Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. 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.

Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. The default configuration of a sheet metal part contains a derived configuration called defaultsm flat pattern. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration.

In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. In this configuration the sheet metal option flatten is selected. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Flatten tool is selected this results in the flat pattern feature being unsupressed and the part will be flattened.