Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing Flat Pattern

This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing flat pattern.

As shown in the figure below the flat pattern view is the same as the front view and shows the part in a bent state. Select process bends and all of the features after it. All features before flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree appear in both the folded and flattened sheet metal part. Follow simple steps to learn.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. Article by alin vargatu cswe updated december 13 2011.

Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. Flat pattern the flat pattern1 feature is intended to be the last feature in the folded sheet metal part. Solidworks has supported sheet metal multi body parts for the last two releases but that still came as a pleasant surprise for me. Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Flat pattern views for sheet metal multi body parts. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.

The advantages are huge and clear you can design all your sheet metal components in the context of one part generate a handy cut list and sprinkle the drawings with nice balloons like in assemblies. Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following.

All features after flat pattern1 appear only in the flattened sheet metal part.