Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawings

To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following.

Solidworks sheet metal drawings. 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. When you add a base flange feature to a solidworks part the part is marked as a sheet metal part. Multibody sheet metal parts. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.

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The base flange feature is created from a sketch. Click view hide show sketches. In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties 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. Drawings of sheet metal parts.

Using forming tools with sheet metal. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. A base flange is the first feature in a new sheet metal part.

To create a drawing of a flat pattern. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.