Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing Unfolded

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.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing unfolded.

Sheetmetal in solidworks is slightly tricky. Sw automatically creates a configuration for unfolded view. And inserts in drawing. Please subscribe our channel for mo.

Sw unfolded configuration will not understand it. Use this feature to find out how the dimensions of a unfolded flattened piece of sheet metal is. In this tutorial i will show you how to convert a solid part into sheet metal. You may have to delete that configuration and recreate once again.

And you modify the par. There are many other tools that can be used with this software. In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools. You can adjust the size of the drawing view under scale by selecting use custom scale and typing a value.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. Search drawings of sheet metal parts in the solidworks knowledge base.

Beware if you already have a sm pattern configuration. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Unfolded sheet metal before correction. Miter flange lofted bend corner controls sheet metal gusset and rip are all very common tools that can make life easier for the designer.

Folded sheet metal with bottom added after correction. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet.