Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing No Flat Pattern

So here goes i will explain what is happening in the background and give a few best practices to ensure the setup is correct.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing no flat pattern.

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part. Solidworks creates flat pattern configuration when the drawing of a sheet metal part is generated. So when the drawing view was inserted solidworks could not automatically create the configuration and set the sheet metal state to flattened. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.

Now when you go back to your drawing it should be good. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. You may have to do a rebuild in your drawing. 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.

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. Here is the explanation of a common mistake that causes this problem. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. Select process bends and all of the features after it.

Looks like you accidentally unflattened while in the defaultsm flat pattern config. Usually the reason for the flat pattern not coming through to the drawing sheet is not completely understanding what solidworks completes in the background. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. Then double click on the default config.

Wrong flat pattern in view palette. Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features. Solidworks users occasionally come across a sheet metal drawing view that displays formed bent part instead of flat pattern. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

The next time the user created a sheet metal part and then created the flattened drawing view it worked correctly. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature. The solution was to open a new part document delete the defaultsm flat pattern configuration and resave the document template. Jody go to your part file and double click on the defaultsm flat pattern config.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Neil bucalo technical analyst computer aided technology inc.