Drawing Sheet Metal Parts In Solidworks

Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.

Drawing sheet metal parts in solidworks.

Creating sheet metal flat pattern configurations. 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. You can create a configuration in a sheet metal part that shows the flattened part. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

Multibody sheet metal parts can consist of multiple sheet metal bodies or a combination of sheet metal and other bodies such as weldment bodies. You can adjust the size of the drawing view under scale by selecting use custom scale and typing a value. There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly. Sheet metal gauge bend table.

When you create a drawing of your sheet metal part a flat pattern is automatically created. Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material. Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without creating a drawing.

Drawings of sheet metal parts can also contain views of the bent sheet metal part. You can design a sheet metal part on its own without any references to the parts it will enclose you can design the part in the context of an assembly that contains the enclosed components or you can design the part within another part document in a multibody environment. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet. Solidworks multibody part functionality lets you work with several bodies in one part to create complex sheet metal designs.

Select a format or click ok to use the default format.