How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks Drawing

In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks drawing.

To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature.

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. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. In the drawing view dialog box select a sheet metal component as file.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. Flatten tool is selected this results in the flat pattern feature being unsupressed and the part will be flattened. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress.

If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. The default configuration of a sheet metal part contains a derived configuration called defaultsm flat pattern. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing.

Select process bends and all of the features after it. Click place views tab create panel base. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. In the featuremanager design tree right click flat pattern1 and click edit feature.

Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. Bend radii and thicknesses are measured from the model and maintained making this one of the easiest ways to convert any design to a sheet metal part and get a flat pattern even if you don t have any flat faces at all.