Bend Flat Sheet Metal Solidworks

To ensure that all features are shown in a flat pattern you should create the flat pattern configuration after the entire design pattern of the part is complete.

Bend flat sheet metal solidworks.

Under bend edges select the model edges that will form bends. The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. This solidworks tutorial is show you how to bend a part with sketched bend in sheet metal features check it out. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature.

This file sets the format of the bend line notes. You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. Only lines are allowed in the sketch. This lets you dimension the bend line to other geometry. You can control the precision for sheet metal bend line notes.

Sheet metal bend line notes is a text file located in install dir lang language bendnoteformat txt. To create a flat pattern configuration. Click features extruded boss base set d1 to 0 5in and ok. Use line sketch and connected open end of this sketch and make it close both end.

This tutorial show how to create production drawing for. Solidworks how to create a simple sheet metal part in solidworks. You can add bend lines to a flat face of a sheet metal part with a sketched bend feature. Some items to note about a sketched bend feature.

Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten. A quick tour and introduction using the solidworks sheet metal sketch bend feature. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.