Drawing Sheet Metal Solidworks

Creating sheet metal parts with cylindrical faces.

Drawing sheet metal solidworks.

From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet. Drawings of sheet metal parts. When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part.

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. Click view hide show sketches. 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.

To open this dialog box. The lines should start coincident with the edge and be have an auto tangent relation to the circle. Adding walls to sheet metal parts. 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.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. 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 can sketch an ellipse and a create sheet metal part that has elliptical bends.

Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. In this tutorial video we will learn how to sketch sheet metal drawings in solidworks with the help of sheet metal tools. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing.

With a part assembly or drawing open click tools options document properties sheet metal. You might also like. Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation.