Sheet Metal Drawing Solidworks

I redraw your drawings with the proper k factors we use for production of the part.

Sheet metal drawing solidworks. The lines should start coincident with the edge and be have an auto tangent relation to the circle. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Library sketches features forming tools parts assemblies for drag and drop. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Drawing a simple profile and using the base flange tab tool will open up the options that can be used. Because we are a metal fabrication shop the press brake guys ask for as much detail on a drawing as possible to ensure the part made as close to the customers specifactions as possible. Introduction to solidworks sheet metal for technology page 10 shaping of holder create a sketch on the top face of the base flange as shown the circle should have its centre coincident with the existing hole and tangential to the edge.

You may have to do a rebuild in your drawing. Please subscribe our channel for mo. Jody go to your part file and double click on the defaultsm flat pattern config. Then double click on the default config.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. Sheet metal success in solidworks. Now when you go back to your drawing it should be good. That is usually located first on the sheet metal ribbon.

Sheet metal success in solidworks. Ryan reid april 6 2016. You can adjust the size of the drawing view under scale by selecting use custom scale and typing a value. Communicate 2d and 3d designs using e drawings for solidworks dwg and dxf.

Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Solidworks functionality in sheet metal design blank development sheet metal gauge table development of forming tools. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal. This is the way i myself send a drawing to my guys out in the shop.

Looks like you accidentally unflattened while in the defaultsm flat pattern config. In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.

This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.