43+ solidworks drawing flat pattern not working

The part only stores the path to the external reference or assembly. Back to the drawing board or in this case the part environment to troubleshoot the problem.

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. When I create the drawing and want to pull in the flat pattern view it comes in folded. The recommended way to enter the Flat Pattern view is by the Flatten command on the Sheet Metal tab on the Command Manager. The next time the user created a sheet metal part and then created the.

This toggles the visibility of sketches and if it is off the Bend Lines sketch will be hidden. From here navigate to the Configurations tab and check the derived configuration Default SM Flat Pattern. In the FeatureManager design tree right-click Flat-Pattern1 and click Edit Feature.

Select a format or click OK to use the default format. The solution was to open a new part document delete the DefaultSM-FLAT-PATTERN configuration and resave the document template. Flat Pattern will not appear in the drawing.

I have had this issue with SW 2014Checked the Property managerand it shows the flat pattern as the selected view. Stillall the rebuilding and control q I try no unfolding is performedOpen the part and it unfolds fine. 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.

To fix this we simply turn on this Flatten feature while in the derived configuration. I want to pull the flat pattern of a sheet metal part into my drawing. The part flattens fine in the model when selecting the flat pattern icon.

It needs the assembly to update. From the View Palette drag the Flat pattern to the drawing sheet. Whats interesting is that on the drawing one sees the old part.

The holes are the correct size in all of the other configurations except the flat pattern. JH By Jody Holm 090617. The first method I tried was to go to View Sketches.

Now if we go back to the drawing file the drawing view for the Flat-Pattern is displayed correctly. While in this configuration if you un-flatten the sheet metal part it will break the way SOLIDWORKS drawing files views the flatten state. Go to the SolidWorks drawing the flat pattern doesnt update even if the drawing is rebuilt.

This question has a validated answer. 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. This same principle applies to the flat pattern drawing view.

Some items to note about the flat-pattern feature. So when the drawing view was inserted SOLIDWORKS could not automatically create the configuration and set the sheet metal state to flattened. Flat pattern view not updating Ive been modifying some old parts of mine and one of the parts flat pattern views wont update.

Have a sheet metal part and cooresponding flat pattern drawing. Displaying SOLIDWORKS Bend Lines. This seems only to affect sheet metal parts for some reason.

Click Make Drawing from PartAssembly Standard toolbar and click OK to open the drawing sheet. The second method I used was to expand out the Flat Pattern in the feature tree and find the sketch Bend-Lines2 could be other numbers shown. In the Flat-Pattern PropertyManager under Parameters select Recreate flat-pattern.

If the Flat-Pattern is not working in the drawing file the likely cause is that the Flatten feature is not selected in the DefaultSM-FLAT-PATTERN configuration. Open the sheet metal part for which you want to add a drawing. Chats with Chase is a daily segment for tips on SOLIDWORKS 3D Printing or 3D ScanningThis video details Flat Pattern Issues in SOLIDWORKS.

As we can see in Fig5 the in-context Boss-Extrude2 is out-of-context. This issue is often caused by the flattened configuration not properly being enabled using the flatten tool but was instead enabled by changing the configuration to the FLAT-PATTERN state. You can create dxf files of sheet metal flat patterns without flattening the part.

The reason is that the derived configuration does not have the external reference information to update. When populating my drawing with viewsthe flat pattern does not unfold. Open up the part modify a dimension or two rebuild.

Wrong flat pattern in View Palette.

Display Sheet Metal Bend Notes 1 By Inserting The Flat Pattern Configuration Into The Drawing As A Regular View Solidworks Property Management Flats Patterns