How To Flatten Sheet Metal In Solidworks Drawing

In a sheet metal part create a new configuration.

How to flatten sheet metal in solidworks drawing.

Click place views tab create panel base. Flatten tool is selected this results in the flat pattern feature being unsupressed and the part will be flattened. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. In the sheet metal view area select flat pattern view.

Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. In the featuremanager design tree right click flat pattern1 and click edit feature. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. In this configuration the sheet metal option flatten is selected. Insert bends is great for an imported model that didn t start out as sheet metal but has a constant thickness.

Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Select process bends and all of the features after it. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature. The default configuration of a sheet metal part contains a derived configuration called defaultsm 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. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. From the view palette drag the flat pattern.

In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate 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. If appropriate select or clear the selection of the recover punch center option. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.