Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing No Flat Pattern

Then double click on the default config.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing no flat pattern.

Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features. Looks like you accidentally unflattened while in the defaultsm flat pattern config. Here is the explanation of a common mistake that causes this problem. So when the drawing view was inserted solidworks could not automatically create the configuration and set the sheet metal state to flattened.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. When the flat pattern drawing view of a solidworks sheet metal part displays the part in the bent condition this can indicate an issue with the suppression state of the flat pattern feature. Solidworks users occasionally come across a sheet metal drawing view that displays formed bent part instead of flat pattern. The use the sheet metal flatten tool.

Wrong flat pattern in view palette. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern. Neil bucalo technical analyst computer aided technology inc. Some items to note about the flat pattern feature.

Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Usually the reason for the flat pattern not coming through to the drawing sheet is not completely understanding what solidworks completes in the background. Solidworks creates flat pattern configuration when the drawing of a sheet metal part is generated.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. You may have to do a rebuild in your drawing. Select process bends and all of the features after it. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following.

Jody go to your part file and double click on the defaultsm flat pattern config. As shown in the figure below the flat pattern view is the same as the front view and shows the part in a bent state. Now when you go back to your drawing it should be good. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

The next time the user created a sheet metal part and then created the flattened drawing view it worked correctly. In a sheet metal part create a new configuration.