Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawings

In this tutorial video i will show you how to sketch a box in solidworks with the help of sketch and sheet metal tools.

Solidworks sheet metal drawings.

The base flange feature is created from a sketch. This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs. When you add a base flange feature to a solidworks part the part is marked as a sheet metal part.

When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Solidworks sheet metal drawing tutorial bend line flat pattern unfolded bend table punch table. With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal. 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.

Multibody sheet metal parts. Drawings of sheet metal parts. A base flange is the first feature in a new sheet metal part. Right click bend lines and click show.

Using forming tools with sheet metal. Please subscribe our channel for more. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. Click view hide show sketches. Using sheet metal bend parameters.

In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. From the view palette drag the flat pattern. To show bend lines in flat patterns do one of the following.

Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Bends are added wherever appropriate and sheet metal specific features are added to the feature manager design tree.