Flatten Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

Wrong flat pattern in view palette.

Flatten sheet metal part solidworks.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Stop putting a small flat section on your part just to get it to convert to sheet metal. However when i switch over to the second configuration 002 which is a mirrored part to the first config one of the bends that were mirrored will not flatten. All features before flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree appear in both the folded and flattened sheet metal part.

Improvements to flattening sheet metal parts make flattening succeed for complex shapes which previously failed. In the solidworks open dialog set the file filter to the required file type in this example it is a step file step stp. 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. In the featuremanager design tree select the part and click flatten sheet metal toolbar.

Here are a few simple steps to take in order to flatten your imported part. 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. On one of the configurations 001 the bends all flatten correctly. All features after flat pattern1 appear only in the flattened sheet metal part.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. Flatten surface is only available in solidworks premium and is really the last chance for a part to be flattened from a 3d shape in automated way. I checked the bend radius and it is at 015 for both configs. In the cut list right click the body and click flatten.

The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1. To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. I have a sheet metal part with two configurations.

In either the featuremanager design tree or the cut list right click the flat pattern feature for the part and click unsuppress. Under sheet metal parameters. Upholstery clothing even carbon fiber layups can be calculated using this feature. To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.

To return the part to its bent state. Flatten it by converting it using the insert bends command instead.