Solidworks Sheet Metal Drawing No Flat Pattern

So here goes i will explain what is happening in the background and give a few best practices to ensure the setup is correct.

Solidworks sheet metal drawing no flat pattern.

So when the drawing view was inserted solidworks could not automatically create the configuration and set the sheet metal state to flattened. Looks like you accidentally unflattened while in the defaultsm flat pattern config. Then double click on the default config. In the flat pattern propertymanager under parameters select recreate flat pattern.

Here is the explanation of a common mistake that causes this problem. Now when you go back to your drawing it should be good. Wrong flat pattern in view palette. The use the sheet metal flatten tool.

Jody go to your part file and double click on the defaultsm flat pattern config. You may have to do a rebuild in your drawing. The next time the user created a sheet metal part and then created the flattened drawing view it worked correctly. Click make drawing from part assembly standard toolbar and click ok to open the drawing sheet.

Some items to note about the flat pattern feature. Right click flat pattern and select unsuppress. Usually the reason for the flat pattern not coming through to the drawing sheet is not completely understanding what solidworks completes in the background. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing.

Select process bends and all of the features after it. Neil bucalo technical analyst computer aided technology inc. In the featuremanager design tree do one of the following. 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.

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. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part. Select a format or click ok to use the default format. Click edit suppress this configuration to suppress all of the selected features.

In a sheet metal part create a new configuration. From the view palette drag the flat pattern to the drawing sheet.