Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

I ve shown a relatively simple part above just tell that to the laser cutting machine operator just a bent plate with some mounting holes and cut out text that reads solidworks.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing flat pattern. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. From here navigate to the configurations tab and check the derived configuration default sm flat pattern. Solidworks has supported sheet metal multi body parts for the last two releases but that still came as a pleasant surprise for me. It is also shown folded in the view palette which is not normal.

The recommended way to enter the flat pattern view is by the flatten command on the sheet metal tab on the command manager. The part flattens fine in the model when selecting the flat pattern icon. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress.

Follow simple steps to learn. When i create the drawing and want to pull in the flat pattern view it comes in folded. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. 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.

In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. I ve done this hundreds of times without issue. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features.

This is added automatically when you create a drawing of a sheet metal part and can help identify the problem. Hi i ve made a sheet metal parts with a couple of bends and then mirrored the body didn t create a mirror part and it s now symmetric. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. The problem is when i go and activate the flat pattern config or flat pattern function doesn t matter only half of the bends get flattened and the mirrored bends don t how can i fix it.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Sheet metal part often times we create sheet metal works of art or just really complex designs and we want the design to be clearly shown on the drawing. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Do i have to redesign the entire part without using the mirror feature.

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. Select process bends and all of the features after it.