Drawing Sheet Metal Parts In Solidworks

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

Drawing sheet metal parts in solidworks. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Drawings of sheet metal parts. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table.

To create a drawing of a flat pattern. Multibody sheet metal parts can consist of multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal and other bodies such as weldment bodies. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. Click view hide show sketches.

You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. 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. Each body has its own sheet metal and material definition flat pattern and custom properties.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following. In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n.

You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Drawings of sheet metal parts when you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Multibody sheet metal parts.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal.