Sheet Metal Solidworks Drawings

In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools.

Sheet metal solidworks drawings.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. 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. In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.

Please subscribe our channel for mo. The base flange feature is created from a sketch. If you have a situation where one of your views is flat or not flat like it should be the fix is pretty easy. Once you make a drawing of a sheet metal part solidworks creates a derived configuration of this named defaultsm flat pattern to be used in drawings.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

Drawings of sheet metal parts. When you add a base flange feature to a solidworks part the part is marked as a sheet metal part. Click view hide show sketches. Right click bend lines and click show.

Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. A base flange is the first feature in a new sheet metal part. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

You might also like. When you create a sheet metal part you have 1 configuration. With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing.

Bends are added wherever appropriate and sheet metal specific features are added to the feature manager design tree. Select a format or click ok to use the default format.