Here is a frame weldment with sheet metal bodies.
Solidworks sheet metal insert into new part flatten.
You flatten the entire sheet metal part by unsuppressing flat pattern1 to add features to the flattened sheet metal part you must first unsuppress flat pattern1.
The problem is what you ve created isn t actually considered a sheet metal part yet by solidworks.
Here is the saved sheet metal body.
A sheet metal folder which contains your sheet metal parameters.
When flat pattern1 is suppressed all features that you add to the part automatically appear before this feature in the featuremanager design tree.
Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok.
Click sheetmetal insert bends click flat face as reference when it flatten.
Designers are not limited to only one sheet metal part.
Look at part tree.
New features in flattened part.
Insert the flat pattern view.
If however a body is insert into new part the functionality of flattening the part is lost.
Right click on the new drawing view and pick properties.
But the sheet metal blanks will be laser water jetted by a vendor.
Create a drawing from a solidworks sheet metal part document.
I placed an insert bends feature after plane5 this converts it to a sheet metal type of part and a flatten feature at the end and that gets you close to where you want to go i think.
To understand this better let s go through the steps of what is suppose to happen when you create a new solidworks sheet metal flattened view.
New features in folded part.
Creating a multi body sheet metal part the bodies can be flatten.
This has created 3 new features in your feature design tree.
Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.
When done click on the green checkmark ok to accept.
A convert solid folder which contains the bends used for this part.
Next holes were filled.
Convert to sheet metal with split line to control one flange.
The frame will be built in house.
All of this while keeping the integrity of the flat patte.
Learn how to create a fabricated section of pipe flatten it using insert bends and insert a cope.
Ability to carry forward the sheet metal body part as it is when user uses insert into new part.
A flat pattern feature that you can unsuppress to view your flat pattern at any time.
As shown in figure 4 the checkbox for keep body has been enabled in order to reuse the same body in case the bottom and back side need to be utilized for a multibody sheet metal design.
To view this part in flatten form click sheetmetal flatten.
