Sheet Drawing Flat Pattern

I ve also experienced this same problem with a few sheet metal parts.

Sheet drawing flat pattern. Set other options in the drawing view dialog and then click in the drawing to place the view. I ve done this hundreds of times without issue. When i create the drawing and want to pull in the flat pattern view it comes in folded. Now for now we use the flat pattern and leave the default settings and click ok to begin creating the drawing.

And it could well be unstable in case one tries to make changes. You can create a folded model view and a flat pattern view for a sheet metal part or ipart the flat pattern option is available only if a flat pattern exists in the source file the following practices apply for sheet metal iparts. It is also shown folded in the view palette which is not normal. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.

Even if both bodies are sheet metal the flat pattern view does not show up in the pallete. David ben this is correct behavior with multi bodies sheet metal part as solidworks can not show both flat pattern at same time hence one need to use model view and select the required body to insert the flat pattern view for that body. Flat pattern in nx drafting. I used a simplified rep state to create the bend back while the flat pattern was excluded.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. I want to pull the flat pattern of a sheet metal part into my drawing. Flat pattern sheet metal drawing i just confirmed it can be done but it doesn t make sense why. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option.

The part flattens fine in the model when selecting the flat pattern icon. I ve seen plat patterns work in drawings before but the last couple of parts i wanted to do drawings of the flat patterns i had to go in and create a sketch of projected geometry on the flat pattern design then export that as a dxf then make a new part in the scene as a flat version then make a drawing of that. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Saving sheet metal flat patterns as dxf files you can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns from sheet metal part documents without flattening the model or creating a drawing.

When you create a drawing view for a sheet metal. This will create a drawing document and give us a preview of the. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. This helps to export dxf files to other applications such as punch press or laser cutter programming software.

Fusion 360 detects that this is a sheet metal component and offers you the choice of setting the folded model or the flat pattern as the representation for the drawing.