Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawings

From the view palette drag the flat pattern.

Solidworks sheet metal drawings.

Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Bends are added wherever appropriate and sheet metal specific features are added to the feature manager design tree. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table.

The base flange feature is created from a sketch. You might also like. In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n. With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal.

When you add a base flange feature to a solidworks part the part is marked as a sheet metal part. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following. Drawings of sheet metal parts.

Multibody sheet metal parts. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

Click view hide show sketches. Right click bend lines and click show. Forming tools are parts that act as dies that bend stretch or otherwise form sheet metal to create form features such as louvers lances flanges and ribs. Please subscribe our channel for more.

Using forming tools with sheet metal. In this tutorial video i will show you how to sketch a box in solidworks with the help of sketch and sheet metal tools. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. A base flange is the first feature in a new sheet metal part.