Flatten Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

The bend lines are shown by default when you unsuppress flat pattern1.

Flatten sheet metal part solidworks.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. Flatten it by converting it using the insert bends command instead. All features after flat pattern1 appear only in the flattened sheet metal part. In the cut list right click the body and click flatten.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. Wrong flat pattern in view palette. 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. Upholstery clothing even carbon fiber layups can be calculated using this feature.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. In either the featuremanager design tree or the cut list right click the flat pattern feature for the part and click unsuppress. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. Here are a few simple steps to take in order to flatten your imported part.

To hide the bend lines expand flat pattern1 right click bend lines and select hide. I have a sheet metal part with two configurations. I checked the bend radius and it is at 015 for both configs. All features before flat pattern1 in the featuremanager design tree appear in both the folded and flattened sheet metal part.

Under sheet metal parameters. In the featuremanager design tree select the part and click flatten sheet metal toolbar. These improvements also provide better flattened geometry for certain corner treatments lofted bends and in some cases where cuts intersect bend regions. 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. In the solidworks open dialog set the file filter to the required file type in this example it is a step file step stp. It is designed for materials like cloth or leather but can be used for metal if there will be forming involved. 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.

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.