Drawing Sheet Metal Parts In Solidworks

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Drawing sheet metal parts in solidworks.

In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n. Adding walls to sheet metal parts. With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

Drawings of sheet metal parts. Click view hide show sketches. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. Drawings of sheet metal parts when you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. To create a drawing of a flat pattern.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. You might also like.

Multibody sheet metal parts. However in some circumstances when the design requires certain types of geometry you can use non sheet metal feature tools then insert bends or convert the part to sheet metal. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Each body has its own sheet metal and material definition flat pattern and custom properties.