Flatten Sheet Metal Solidworks Drawing

Edge flange see figure 3 can be used to add an attached wall to any sheet metal body.

Flatten sheet metal solidworks drawing.

Drawings of sheet metal parts when you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

Click on flatten from the sheet metal tab in the command manager or unsuppress the flat pattern from the feature tree. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. From here navigate to the configurations tab and check the derived configuration default sm flat pattern. 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.

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. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. The recommended way to enter the flat pattern view is by the flatten command on the sheet metal tab on the command manager. Please subscribe our channel for mo.

This same tool can be used to make a flat piece of sheet metal that one would use to add edge flanges and other useful sheet metal features. Wrong flat pattern in view palette. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. Security sheet metal support and copy scheme specific sheet metal annotations such as bend notes bend lines bounding box and bend tables can be created in the flat pattern of the 3d model.

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. It is designed for materials like cloth or leather but can be used for metal if there will be forming involved. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern. This is added automatically when you create a drawing of a sheet metal part and can help identify the problem.