Ability to carry forward the sheet metal body part as it is when user uses insert into new part.
Solidworks sheet metal insert into new part flatten.
Learn how to create a fabricated section of pipe flatten it using insert bends and insert a cope.
Set bend radius to 0 03in and k factor 0 5 and ok.
As shown in figure 4 the checkbox for keep body has been enabled in order to reuse the same body in case the bottom and back side need to be utilized for a multibody sheet metal design.
When flat pattern1 is suppressed all features that you add to the part automatically appear before this feature in the featuremanager design tree.
Here is a frame weldment with sheet metal bodies.
New features in flattened part.
When done click on the green checkmark ok to accept.
Look at part tree.
It was converted to sheet metal.
But the sheet metal blanks will be laser water jetted by a vendor.
I placed an insert bends feature after plane5 this converts it to a sheet metal type of part and a flatten feature at the end and that gets you close to where you want to go i think.
Creating a multi body sheet metal part the bodies can be flatten.
The problem is what you ve created isn t actually considered a sheet metal part yet by solidworks.
The sheet metal bodies are saved out to separate files.
A flat pattern feature that you can unsuppress to view your flat pattern at any time.
The frame will be built in house.
Create a drawing from a solidworks sheet metal part document.
Convert to sheet metal with split line to control one flange.
A sheet metal folder which contains your sheet metal parameters.
Right click on the new drawing view and pick properties.
Sheet metal features and parts are kind of their own thing.
Insert the flat pattern view.
New features in folded part.
This has created 3 new features in your feature design tree.
A convert solid folder which contains the bends used for this part.
To understand this better let s go through the steps of what is suppose to happen when you create a new solidworks sheet metal flattened view.
Here is the saved sheet metal body.
Your simple sheetmetal bend is ready.
Designers are not limited to only one sheet metal part.
If however a body is insert into new part the functionality of flattening the part is lost.
You flatten the entire sheet metal part by unsuppressing flat pattern1 to add features to the flattened sheet metal part you must first unsuppress flat pattern1.
All of this while keeping the integrity of the flat patte.
