Chapter 35: Creating Sheet Metal Drawings
SolidWorks has lots of special drawing functionality built around sheet metal parts. You may want to create a special template or format for sheet metal drawings or even use multipage drawings for including both flat and formed views of the part.
Multibody modeling in sheet metal opens another range of possibilities in documenting inseparable subassemblies and small weldments using sheet metal parts. The use of a cut list is similar to the use of a BOM, and though originally intended for weldments, it's also useful for sheet metal parts.
- Master It Create a blank drawing using a B-size template that has a second page (for example, the
Mastering 2pg B size.drwdot). Remove any predefined views.Create a flat-pattern-drawing view of the part
Chapter 35 - Master It 1 start.sldprt.Apply bend notes to the view.
Show bend lines without bend areas,
Show the bounding box on the flat pattern view.
On the second page, place an isometric view of...
