How To Dimension Sheet Metal Drawings In Solidworks
From the view palette drag the flat pattern.
How to dimension sheet metal drawings in solidworks. Click on the sheet metal tab select base flange tab and give 1 mm to the sheet metal parameters. Changing a dimension in the model updates the drawing and changing an inserted dimension in a drawing changes the model. To create a drawing of a flat pattern. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created.
Step 6 to bend the sheet metal part sketch lines on the part as shown in the picture. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing. 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.