Drawing Sheet Metal Parts In Solidworks

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Drawing sheet metal parts in solidworks.

You might also like. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. 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.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Each body has its own sheet metal and material definition flat pattern and custom properties.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Drawings of sheet metal parts. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Adding walls to sheet metal parts. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. 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. In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n.

Multibody sheet metal parts can consist of multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal and other bodies such as weldment bodies. To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following.