Wrong flat pattern in view palette.
Solidworks sheet metal issues.
In this tutorial video i will show you how to sketch a box in solidworks with the help of sketch and sheet metal tools.
You ll either end up with a flat view of your bent part or more commonly you ll wind up with a bent view of your flat pattern.
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.
With the first image above usually one or the other of these situations will occur.
To flatten the entire part if the flat pattern1 feature is present unsuppress flat pattern1 or click flatten on the sheet metal toolbar.
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.
There are specific sheet metal features you can use to create sheet metal bodies quickly.
These are some pretty common sheet metal issues.
Click welded corner sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal welded corner and select one of the corner faces.
A spectacular feature with lots of potential but also very temperamental.
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Sheet metal parts are generally used as enclosures for components or to provide support to other components.
Solidworks sheet metal solidworks tech tip article by alin vargatu cswe updated august 14 2012 if i were to compare the solidworks sheet metal module with an opera company and you the solidworks user with the director then the loft bend would be a wanna be diva.
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.
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.
We will learn sheet metal basic features like base flange edge flange sketched bend and extruded cut in solidworks sheet metal.
