Sheet Metal Solidworks Drawing

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing.

Sheet metal solidworks drawing.

In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n. Step 6 to bend the sheet metal part sketch lines on the part as shown in the picture. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Click on the sheet metal tab select base flange tab and give 1 mm to the sheet metal parameters.

Right click bend lines and click show. Change the bend angle bend direction or bend radius and the notes update in the drawing. To bend the sheet metal part sketch lines on the part as shown. We can use these features to create sheet metal designs with several different methods.

Creating drawings with solidworks. The sheet metal features appear in the featuremanager design tree. Which replaces manual drafting with an automated process. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.

The part bends at the sketched lines. Bend the part by clicking sketched bend or insert sheet metal sketched bend. Sheet metal bend line notes allow. Drawings of sheet metal parts.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. It sligo cad me3 6 sheet metal exercise 1 sheet metal tutorial using the solidworks tutorials in the help menu complete the sheet metal assignment. 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.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.