Drawing Sheet Metal Solidworks

Drawings of sheet metal parts.

Drawing sheet metal solidworks.

With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal. To open this dialog box. Creating drawings of flat patterns. In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Click view hide show sketches. 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. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.

There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Introduction to solidworks sheet metal for technology page 10 shaping of holder create a sketch on the top face of the base flange as shown the circle should have its centre coincident with the existing hole and tangential to the edge. You might also like.

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. In this tutorial video we will learn how to create a bracket with the help of sheet metal commands like base flange sketched bend and sheet metal gusset. Adding walls to sheet metal parts.

The lines should start coincident with the edge and be have an auto tangent relation to the circle. Please subscribe our channel for mo. You can adjust the size of the drawing view under scale by selecting use custom scale and typing a value. In the featuremanager design tree expand flat pattern and flat pattern n right click bend lines and click show.

Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Creating sheet metal parts with cylindrical faces. You can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends.